AN INSCRIBED RED AND BROWN-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS 'LOG BOAT' SNUFF BOTTLE YANGZHOU SCHOOL, QING DYNASTY, c.1861-1883 of opaque cinnabar-red, semi-transparent olive-brown, and translucent white glass, with a flat lip and recessed convex foot surrounded by a protruding rounded footrim, carved as a double overlay, with some carving of the ground colour, with a continuous river scene with, on one main side, an immortal punting a log boat while another figure crouches in the prow, a double-gourd for wine hanging from the branches of the boat, with a foreground rock and the sun above, inscribed in relief seal script, Yushi zhencang ('Precious collection of Yu'), and on the other with a man punting a boat, a picnic box in the prow, beneath the moon and five birds, inscribed in relief three characters probably reading Jinyu ting ('Pavilion of Today’s Rain'), the shoulders with a continuous design of formalized clouds; the glass stopper carved with a coiled chilong, with integral collar 6 cm., 2 3/8 in.
AN INSCRIBED RED AND BROWN-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS 'LOG BOAT' SNUFF BOTTLE YANGZHOU SCHOOL, QING DYNASTY, c.1861-1883 of opaque cinnabar-red, semi-transparent olive-brown, and translucent white glass, with a flat lip and recessed convex foot surrounded by a protruding rounded footrim, carved as a double overlay, with some carving of the ground colour, with a continuous river scene with, on one main side, an immortal punting a log boat while another figure crouches in the prow, a double-gourd for wine hanging from the branches of the boat, with a foreground rock and the sun above, inscribed in relief seal script, Yushi zhencang ('Precious collection of Yu'), and on the other with a man punting a boat, a picnic box in the prow, beneath the moon and five birds, inscribed in relief three characters probably reading Jinyu ting ('Pavilion of Today’s Rain'), the shoulders with a continuous design of formalized clouds; the glass stopper carved with a coiled chilong, with integral collar 6 cm., 2 3/8 in.
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