A CHINESE RED OVERLAY GLASS 'DRAGON' SNUFF BOTTLE QIANLONG 1736-95 The tapering milky-white body overlaid in dark ruby-red with a dragon encircling the vessel chasing a flaming pearl, above another smaller dragon emerging from the breaking waves below, 7cm. Provenance: from the collection of Colonel William Edmund Pye (1872-1949). Commissioned into the British Army in 1892, he served with the Indian Army in Tirah between 1897-98, then in 1900 was sent to China as the leader of the British Section of the International Police. It was at this time he started his collection, which has passed by descent to the current owner. Other items from his collection were sold at Christie’s South Kensington, 13th May 2011. 清乾隆 涅白地套紅料鼻煙壺 來源：William Edmund Pye上校（1872-1949）收藏，他曾在1892年參軍，並在1897-1890年加入了印度軍隊，之後1900年以英國國際刑警警長身份被派往中國。在這期間，他開始收藏中國藝術品，之後被其後人繼承。他的部分藏品曾在2011年5月13日於肯辛頓佳士得售出。