A LARGE TRANSPARENT BLUE OVERLAY TRANSPARENT PALE-BLUSH GLASS BOTTLE

细节

A LARGE TRANSPARENT BLUE OVERLAY TRANSPARENT PALE-BLUSH GLASS BOTTLE
1750-1800

Of flattened oviform shape, softly carved through the overlay in low relief with a pair of coiling chilong, both with unusual trifurcated tails, one part bushy like a squirrel's, the other parts sinuous, the oval foot ring cut from the overlay, all on a transparent, blush-pink glass ground with some air bubbles throughout
2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) high, stopper

来源

Sydney Moss, Ltd.

拍品专文

For a similar bottle depicting a blue dragon on a transparent green glass ground and a discussion of the various combination of colours and their relative rarity see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, New York and Tokyo, 1993, p. 623, no. 376