206. A BLUE OVERLAY ‘ARCHAISTIC CHILONG’ GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, 18 TH CENTURY Opaque sky-blue overlay on opaque white ground, carved in high relief and incised China, 18th century
207 A YANGZHOU SCHOOL ‘FIVE BATS’ GLASS OVERLAY SNUFF BOTTLE, 19TH CENTURY Cinnabar-red overlay on opaque turquoise-blue glass, carved in light relief, with neatly incised details China, Yangzhou, 19th century
A rather unusual, early bottle, with an archaistic circumferential design depicting two chilong on each side, surrounded by various key fret borders.
Both sides show five bats surrounding the shou sign in the center. A fairly good sign of the quality of this bottle is the reasonable control of the overlay color on the foot rim, which, while appearing almost faultless on the outside, ‘bleeds’ into the foot inside. The composition is well balanced and powerful, with confident use of a strong contrast in colors.
Shape: Flattened pear shape Hollowing: Standard Mouth, neck and lip: Cylindric, slightly sprawling neck, with very large mouth Base: Oval with raised foot rim Stopper: Honey colored agate with black platelet and good, old spoon Height of the bottle with stopper: 7.5 cm. Width of the mouth: 6 mm. Width of the neck: 10 mm. Weight: 30.8 grams Condition: Very good with some microscopic nibbling to lip, possibly from manufacturing Provenance: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, April 1975, by repute, thereafter American private collection 㴭䘥⛘⣿⣑啵㕁坕漵滣䂇⢢炻⋩ℓᶾ䲨 㴭䘥⛘⣿ᶵ德㖶⣑啵刚㕁䍣䐫炻㶙㴖晽炻䳘䭨ℍ⽖ ᷕ⚳炻 ⋩ℓᶾ䲨 ⢢✳烉 ⸛㡐⼊ ㌷元烉 夷㔜 ⢢⎋ˣ柠冯⒯悐烉䚜䫺⮔柠炻⢢⎋㤝⣏ ⸽嵛烉 㨊⚻⼊⚰嵛 ⢢味烉 囄刚䐒䐁炻湹刚㈀䇯炻侩㛻ᾅ⬀列⤥ ⢢檀炷⏓⢢味炸烉 7.5 ⍀䰛 ⎋⼹烉 6 㮓䰛 ⢢柠⮔烉 10 㮓䰛 慵慷烉 30.8 ⑩䚠烉 㤝⤥炻⒯悐㚱䳘⽖䡽㎵炻⎗傥㗗墥ἄ仢星 Ἦ㸸烉 喯㭼Parke Bernet炻䲸䲬炻1975⸜4㚰炻ᷳ⼴伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷 EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 300,Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 150,-
Shape: Flattened oval Hollowing: Standard Mouth, neck and lip: Slightly sprawling, elongated neck with slanted lip and very large mouth Base: Oval with raised thin foot rim Stopper: Agate cabochon on black platelet Height of the bottle with stopper: 6.6 cm. Width of the mouth: 7 mm. Width of the neck: 12 mm. Weight: 25.6 cm Condition: Perfect Provenance: American private collection Auction result comparison: SNUFF BOTTLES FROM THE MARY AND GEORGE BLOCH COLLECTION Part V. Bonham’s, 27 May 2012, Hong Kong, lot 59. (compare with a bottle from the same group, showing a ‘Zhong Kui’ motif) ㎂ⶆḼ䤷⣿㕁䍣䐫滣䂇⢢炻⋩ḅᶾ䲨 䵈㜦䞛啵刚⛘⣿㛙䲭㕁炻䳘䭨ℍ⽖ ᷕ⚳炻 ㎂ⶆ炻⋩ḅᶾ䲨 ⢢✳烉 ⸛㨊⚻⼊ ㌷元烉 夷㔜 ⢢⎋ˣ柠冯⒯悐烉柠悐䳘攟⢾㐯炻㐯⒯炻⮔⎋ ⸽嵛烉 㨊⚻⼊㶢⚰嵛 ⢢味烉䐒䐁味炻湹刚㈀䇯 ⢢檀炷⏓⢢味炸烉 6.6 ⍀䰛 ⎋⼹烉7 㮓䰛 ⢢柠⮔烉12 㮓䰛 慵慷烉25.6 cm ⑩䚠烉⬴伶 Ἦ㸸烉伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷 EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 500,Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 250,-
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