A FOUR-COLOR OVERLAY TRANSPARENT HONEY GLASS BOTTLE

细节

A FOUR-COLOR OVERLAY TRANSPARENT HONEY GLASS BOTTLE
18TH/19TH CENTURY

Of flattened rounded shape, carved through yellow, green, red and deep aubergine overlays with a bug-eyed fan-tailed fish and a lotus spray on each side, the foot cut from a simple green overlay--2 3/16in. (5.5cm.) high, stopper

拍品专文

A large number of bottles depicting the Buddhist theme of fish and lotus (two of the Ba Bao) exist, but it is unusual to find one so carefully carved and utilising the space on the amber ground so well. For a bottle depicting lotus rising from water on a rose-tinted ground, see Sotheby's, New York, Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles, October 12, 1993, lot 42