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A RARE SEMI-OPAQUE WHITE OVERLAY AND SAPPHIRE BLUE This unusual and arresting design is found in two shapes of bottle,
GLASS 'LILIES' BOTTLE one of more rounded form, the other, as in our case, of compressed,
1750-1790 elongated rounded-rectangular form. For an example of the latter,
Of rounded rectangular shape, carved through an opaque white see Sotheby's New York, 17 March 1997, lot 35; and Sotheby's New
overlay, that thins to a semi-transparent tone at the thinner edges of York, 23 March 1998, lot 72, from Gerd Lester and later in the Rachelle
the design, with two sprigs of lily flowers with crossing stems on each Holden Collection.
main face and a single smaller sprig on the narrow sides, the white
overlay forming the short rounded oval foot ring with convex blue glass For a smaller more rounded bottle of similar design, See Hugh Moss,
base and the everted rim of the neck with wide opening. Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles,
2 15/16in (7.5cm) high, stopper The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 5, Part 2, Hong Kong,
2002, pp. 553-554, no. 937, where it is noted that this design is
$6,000 - 10,000 one of the most spectacular glass overlay designs on snuff bottles.
It is composed of a series of 'loose' lily flowers and stems in a white
1750-1790 寶石藍地套半透明白料刻百合花鼻煙壺一件 overlay on a deep blue ground occasionally mistaken for black. It is
also illustrated by Robert W.L. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from
Provenance: the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, Hong Kong, 1987, p. 76,
Belfont Company, Hong Kong, 1995 no. 102; and also by Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Collection
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1780 of Mary and George Bloch, British Museum, London, 1995, p. 246,
Christie's New York, The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, 16 no. 163, where it is compared to another illustrated by Helen White,
September 2015, lot 221 Snuff Bottles from China, The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection,
London, 1991, pl. 105.
來源：
Belfont公司，香港，1995年 For an example on a clear blue glass ground, see Chang Lin-sheng
露芙及卡尔‧巴伦珍藏，Belmont，马萨诸塞州，編號1780 (Ed.), Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum,
佳士得，紐約，露芙及卡尔‧巴伦珍藏，2015年9月16日，拍品號221 Taipei, 1991, p. 225, no. 307.
The subject of lilies, baihe expresses a desire for marital harmony,
recalling the expression bainian haohe, meaning 'a happy union lasting
a hundred years'.

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