Bottle ID: 818

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BLUE OVERLAY, FLOWERS, IMPERIAL

Date: 1750-1800

Height: 56 mm

A glass snuff bottle, of flattened, spherical form, with a waisted neck and flat lip, delicately carved through the cobalt-blue overlay on the main sides with blooming begonia, lotus, peony, and prunus, separated by hovering butterflies on the narrow sides above a finely finished blue-overlaid foot ring, all against an opalescent ground filled with dense 'snowflakes.'
Imperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing.

 

Provenance:

Bonhams, New York, March 21, 2023, lot 333
Joan and Ted Dorf Collection, no. 326

 

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