Imperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing，1750-1800
Of compressed, rounded form supported on a raised oval footrim, with shoulders sloping to a cylindrical, slightly everted neck and flat lip, the bottle overlaid in ruby-red on a 'snowflake' ground and carved on each main side with a roundel formed by a coiling chilong with sinewy limbs and a curling tail, its head pointing inwards forming the central motif, the two narrow sides carved with a bat in flight.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) high
Imperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing，1750-1800
Of compressed, rounded form supported on a raised oval footrim, with shoulders sloping to a cylindrical, slightly everted neck and flat lip, the bottle overlaid in ruby-red on a 'snowflake' ground and carved on each main side with a roundel formed by a coiling chilong with sinewy limbs and a curling tail, its head pointing inwards forming the central motif, the two narrow sides carved with a bat in flight.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) high
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