A RED OVERLAY SNOWSTORM GLASS BOTTLE

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细节

A RED OVERLAY SNOWSTORM GLASS BOTTLE
18TH CENTURY

Of pear shape with waisted foot, the lower third moulded and carved in the form of a basket with handle raised, a carp and lotus spray coiling out of the basket on each side, the details finely engraved--3in. (7.6cm.) high, stopper

拍品专文

A fish in a basket forms the rebus, Nian Nian You Yu, (every year abundance). This is not an uncommon theme on overlay bottles, though this example is a particularly fine example, being more slender and detailed than is usual