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Lot Essay
To compare three similar bottles, see R. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles, A Miniature Art from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, Hong Kong, 1994, p. 207, no. 149; PB Eighty-Four, New York, 11 October 1979, lot 86 (from the Collection of Mrs. Julie Stempel); and Christie's, New York, Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Rachel R. Holden Collection, 21 March 2000, lot 33.
This is another of the early groups of new enamel types sponsored by the Court after the construction of the Guyuexuan (see lots 27 and 28). This is one of the finest of the groups, and one that continued to flourish probably to the end of the Qianlong reign. This particular Palace design was also copied in porcelain at Jingdezhen, raising one other possible original source for these glass examples. For a porcelain equivalent, also with a Guyuexuan mark, see Chinese Snuff Bottles: A Miniature Art from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, Hong Kong, 1994, no. 149.
This is another of the early groups of new enamel types sponsored by the Court after the construction of the Guyuexuan (see lots 27 and 28). This is one of the finest of the groups, and one that continued to flourish probably to the end of the Qianlong reign. This particular Palace design was also copied in porcelain at Jingdezhen, raising one other possible original source for these glass examples. For a porcelain equivalent, also with a Guyuexuan mark, see Chinese Snuff Bottles: A Miniature Art from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, Hong Kong, 1994, no. 149.