**A RED OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

ATTRIBUTED TO BEIJING, 1770-1840

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**A RED OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
ATTRIBUTED TO BEIJING, 1770-1840
Of flattened, elongated oval form with flat lip and recessed foot surrounded by a footrim, carved through the transparent red layer to the translucent milky-white ground with a chi dragon flying in pursuit of a flaming pearl amidst flames and dots of foam rising from the band of waves at the base from which projects the head of a young dragon, glass stopper with glass finial
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high

Provenance

Robert Hall, London.

Lot Essay

The contrasting neck rim on the present bottle can be traced back to a strong trend in the Qianlong period at the Court in Beijing and which was subsequently adopted by the Yangzhou School. The chi dragons, also a popular motif at Court, suggesting a courtly origin (see discussion under lot 601).
The playful, animated dragons are reminiscent of those on a red overlay white glass bottle in the Bloch Collection (see Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Vol. 5, Glass, no. 883), which is also possibly from the Imperial glassworks.

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