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A DOUBLE-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS ‘BRONZE CENSERS’ SNUFF A GOLDEN-BROWN OVERLAY YELLOW GLASS ‘CHILONG’ SNUFF
BOTTLE, YANGZHOU SCHOOL BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY
Deeply carved transparent emerald-green and opaque dark-brown overlay Of transparent golden-brown and semi-transparent yellow glass, the
on opaque white ground, with neatly incised detail work. former with a few scattered air bubbles, the latter suffused with them.
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China, Qing Dynasty, 19th Century China, late 18 to earlier 19 century
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Unusual depiction of seven different bronze incense burners on both main Carved as a single overlay with a chilong on each main side, one with
sides. Two smaller censers are shown on the narrow sides. This is one of the a long, sinuous section from its tail held in its mouth. The medley of
few designs featuring a grouping of traditional bronze censers to be found various tones of yellow on glassworks was apparently developed during
among the multiple-overlay output of the Yangzhou. Stylistically, the vessels the Qianlong period, probably in the middle or second half of the reign.
are distinctive and show various archaistic designs popular during the Qing Among them, the most common tonal combination was a range of
period. Overall an interesting example of the rare double-overlay style of translucent yellow tones over a transparent ground that varies from
the school, with a dynamic color combination, carved to high standards. a distinct golden yellow to the toffee brown as seen on the present
example. Its visual similarity with some topaz, which is sometimes called
Shape: Flattened rectangular huangyu (‘yellow jade’) in Chinese, suggests that it could have been
Hollowing: Standard inspired by the translucent gemstone.
Mouth, neck and lip: Sprawling neck, flat top and wide mouth
Base: Oval base with raised green overlay foot rim Shape: Bulbous oval shape
Design, marks, school: Yangzhou school Hollowing: Standard
Stopper: Carnelian on a black platelet, good spoon Mouth, neck and lip: Short neck with very wide opening
Height of the bottle with stopper: 7,2 cm. Base: Raised oval base in yellow overlay
Width of the mouth: 7 mm. Stopper: Pink tourmaline on yellow platelet with good old spoon
Width of the neck: 14 mm. Height of the bottle with stopper: 6,6 cm.
Weight: 35,6 grams Width of the mouth: z mm.
Condition: Perfect condition Width of the neck: 11 mm.
Provenance: Hungarian private collection Weight: 26,1 grams
Condition: Absolutely perfect. Some open air bubbles.
Auction result comparison: SNUFF BOTTLES FROM THE MARY & GEORGE Provenance: Hungarian private collection
BLOCH COLLECTION: PART VIII. Sotheby’s, 26 MAY 2014, HONG KONG, lot Literature comparison: Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang,
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1027. (for another double overlay Yangzhou bottle from the 19 century) A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch
Collection, vol. 5, Hong Kong, 2002, no. 952.
暁刚⣿㕁”戭楁䆸”滣䂇⢢炻㎂ⶆ㳩
䱦䶣晽⇣䘬暁刚⣿㕁炻䘥⸽䍣䐫偶 Auction result comparison: SNUFF BOTTLES FROM THE MARY AND
ᷕ⚳炻㶭㛅炻19ᶾ䲨 GEORGE BLOCH COLLECTION: PART VI. Sotheby’s, 27 MAY 2013, HONG
⑩䚠㤝⤥ KONG, lot 263. (for a related bottle)
⊰䈁⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷
㶭ẋ慹湫⣿㕁崌漵䲳滣䂇⢢
EstimateġEUR 400,- 慹湫⣿㕁冯湫刚⋲德㖶䍣䐫⢢幓
Starting price EUR 200,- ᷕ⚳炻18ᶾ䲨㘂㛇军19ᶾ䲨
⑩䚠㤝⤥
⊰䈁⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷
EstimateġEUR 400,-
Starting price EUR 200,-

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