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Auction archive: Lot number 189

A FINE AND RARE RED OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

Estimate
US$6,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$8,125
Auction archive: Lot number 189

A FINE AND RARE RED OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

Estimate
US$6,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$8,125
Beschreibung:

A FINE AND RARE RED OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
LI JUNTING SCHOOL, ATTRIBUTED TO YANGZHOU, 1810-1850
A FINE AND RARE RED OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE LI JUNTING SCHOOL, ATTRIBUTED TO YANGZHOU, 1810-1850 Of compressed rounded form, the body of white glass with red glass overlays on both sides, one side carved with a boy shown toting a sheathed sword and seated astride a carp, amidst two bats in flight and a three-legged toad below, a four-character inscription in seal script to one side, the reverse with two fluttering butterflies and two young boys, one of whom has fallen to the ground while the other carries a chrysanthemum spray, all above a scene of a cat prowling amidst ornamental rockwork and grasses, coral stopper 2 3/8 in. (5.9 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 189
Auction:
Datum:
15 Sep 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
15 September 2009, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

A FINE AND RARE RED OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
LI JUNTING SCHOOL, ATTRIBUTED TO YANGZHOU, 1810-1850
A FINE AND RARE RED OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE LI JUNTING SCHOOL, ATTRIBUTED TO YANGZHOU, 1810-1850 Of compressed rounded form, the body of white glass with red glass overlays on both sides, one side carved with a boy shown toting a sheathed sword and seated astride a carp, amidst two bats in flight and a three-legged toad below, a four-character inscription in seal script to one side, the reverse with two fluttering butterflies and two young boys, one of whom has fallen to the ground while the other carries a chrysanthemum spray, all above a scene of a cat prowling amidst ornamental rockwork and grasses, coral stopper 2 3/8 in. (5.9 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 189
Auction:
Datum:
15 Sep 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
15 September 2009, New York, Rockefeller Center
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