A FINE RED OVERLAY GLASS BOTTLE

POSSIBLY IMPERIAL, 1750-1790

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A FINE RED OVERLAY GLASS BOTTLE
Possibly Imperial, 1750-1790
Of flattened, rounded form, finely carved through the translucent red overlay to the misty-white ground with a scene of a crane wading in a lotus pond set within a circular border, the reverse carved with a seven-character inscription in seal script, followed by two seals, and set within a circular border, the narrow sides carved with masks and fixed-ring handles, stopper
2 1/8in. (5.3cm.) high

Provenance

Raymond Li, Hong Kong.

Lot Essay

The inscription may be translated: 'May honor and glory follow you into old age.' It is followed by two seals, bing (Ice) and xin (Heart), which together refer to an ancient poetic allusion to a self-contained being.

This is one of a group of apparently Imperial bottles produced at the Court which include archaistic inscriptions and date from the mid-to late Qianlong period.

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