Snuff Bottle with Red Overlay

Period: Qing dynasty

Date: 19th century

Medium: glass, single-color overlay

Dimensions: Height x Width x Depth; (5.9 cm x 4.8 cm x 2.6 cm)

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Bubble-suffused glass bottle with translucent red overlay.  The first side depicts a scholar and an attendant walking away from a house that is perched upon a rocky outcropping.  Above them flies a bat, and a branch of prunus and pine frame the scene from either side.  The reverse side depicts a man riding upon a water buffalo/ox approaching the house from the opposite side, traveling under a branch of the same prunus tree.  The lip is flat and the base has a thick oval foot ring, carved to reveal the slightly convex shape of the off-white body.  The stopper is nephrite with a vinyl type collar, and the spoon is stained bone.

Weight 1.5 lbs
Dimensions 6 × 6 × 6 in