AN UNUSUAL AND RARE RED AND YELLOW GLASS BOTTLE IMITATING REALGAR

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AN UNUSUAL AND RARE RED AND YELLOW GLASS BOTTLE IMITATING REALGAR
19TH CENTURY

Of gourd shape, unusually incorporating the four characters, Da Ji (Great Luck) and Ping An (Peace), to the matrix of the glass; one character to each of the gourds, the glass of attractive bright colour--2 11/16in. (6.8cm.) high, stopper

拍品专文

For a smoky rock crystal example, formerly in the Marian Mayer Collections of identical shape and carved in low relief with the characters Da Ji to each side, see Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles II, Catalogue, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 58, pl. 40; and another in flawless crystal, formerly in the Alice McReynolds Collection, is illustrated by Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art Of The Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, Hong Kong, 1993, p. 177, pl. 98