CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE GU YUE XUAN, 1760-1820

Ancient Moon Pavilion. This rare group exhibits enameled decoration, as well as examples such as the present bottle that features carved and enameled decoration. For a discussion on the group and several examples, see Hugh Moss, Mysteries of the ancient moon in Journal of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, spring 2006, pp. 16-33 where the last few are in carved relief with enameling. This rare group exhibits enameled decoration, as well as rare examples such as the present bottle that features carved and enameled decoration.
Compare the Guyue xuan-marked white glass bottle enameled with a bottle decorated with flower casket from the Rachelle R. Holden Collection, sold at Christie's New York, 24 March 2022, lot 811 and with another one from the J & J Collection, illustrated by H. Moss, V. Graham and K. B. Tsang in The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, vol. I, New York, 1993, pp. 342-5, no. 200. Another bottle with a Guyue xuan mark was sold in Important Chinese Art from the Junkunc Collection, Christie’s New York, 18 March 2021, lot 681. Another Guyue xuan bottle decorated with animals and flowers in carved relief see An Imperial Qing Tradition, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collections of Humphrey K.F. Hui and Christopher C.H. Sin, Phoenix Art Museum, Hong Kong, 1994, nos. 177, 178 and 179.