Lot 327
  • 327

A SMALL ENAMELED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE ATTRIBUTED TO THE YANGZHOU SCHOOL, 1770 - 1799

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • glass
of flattened ovoid form, painted on each side with a butterfly hovering over orange and blue flowers, Guyue xuan mark

Provenance

The collects ion of Ann & John Hamilton, Houston.
Sotheby's New York, 27th March 2003, lot 233.

Condition

Minor nicks to the rim and foot rim. A small area to the rim possibly ground down. Overall wear to the enamels and scratches to the body.
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Catalogue Note

This is an unusual miniature example from a group of bottles ordered by the Court apparently at Yangzhou and produced in relatively large numbers from about 1767 and until the death of the Qianlong Emperor.