69 - A TRANSPARENT FOUR-COLOUR GLASS ‘AUSPICIOUS OBJECTS’ SNUFF BOTTLE YANGZHOU, 1820-1850

A TRANSPARENT FOUR-COLOUR GLASS ‘AUSPICIOUS OBJECTS’ SNUFF BOTTLE YANGZHOU, 1820-1850 To Be Sold Without Reserve Of compressed pear-shape with a slightly convex oval foot, carved as a single overlay with four colours on a colourless ground, with a continuous design of two butterflies above various auspicious objects, including a flowering peony, a flowering lotus in a pot on a stand, a flowering chrysanthemum in a planter, an orchid in an ancient bronze jue, a ding incense burner on a stand, with a lingzhi shaped knop, a melon, a pomegranate, two tangerines and one other flower in a cup, the oval foot rim in blue overlay Height: 6.1cm Provenance: The Ko Collection Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd, 11th May 2000, (a copy of the original invoice available) It is unusual to find Yangzhou glass bottles with polychrome decoration on a colourless ground, a ground- colour which was, in any case, an exception for the school Ω This Lot was imported from outside of the UK, under the Temporary Admission regime 5% import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer” and 20% VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium