A FIVE-COLOUR OVERLAY MILKY-WHITE 'THREE FRIENDS' GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG / JIAQING PERIOD of transparent ruby-red, sapphire-blue, yellow, semi-transparent turquoise- blue, brown-streaked green, and milky glass, all with scattered air bubbles of various sizes, with a flat lip and recessed flat foot surrounded by a protruding rounded footrim, carved as a single overlay with a continuous rocky ground, one main side with a bat holding a beribboned fylfot in its mouth flying above a pine tree, suggesting the form of the character shou, the other with a blossoming prunus tree and bamboo, suggesting the form of the character fu, with two further bats positioned to stand for handles, one with a lingzhi in its mouth, the other with a branch with two peaches; with a jadeite stopper 5.8 cm., 2¼ in.
A FIVE-COLOUR OVERLAY MILKY-WHITE 'THREE FRIENDS' GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG / JIAQING PERIOD of transparent ruby-red, sapphire-blue, yellow, semi-transparent turquoise- blue, brown-streaked green, and milky glass, all with scattered air bubbles of various sizes, with a flat lip and recessed flat foot surrounded by a protruding rounded footrim, carved as a single overlay with a continuous rocky ground, one main side with a bat holding a beribboned fylfot in its mouth flying above a pine tree, suggesting the form of the character shou, the other with a blossoming prunus tree and bamboo, suggesting the form of the character fu, with two further bats positioned to stand for handles, one with a lingzhi in its mouth, the other with a branch with two peaches; with a jadeite stopper 5.8 cm., 2¼ in.
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