An emerald-green and brown glass overlay 'double gourds' snuff bottle
Qing dynasty, 1790-1860
Of flattened form with cylindrical neck, carved through the emerald-green overlays with a continuous design of double gourds on leafy stems, all against a rich orange-brown ground.
4.1cm high.
Of flattened form with cylindrical neck, carved through the emerald-green overlays with a continuous design of double gourds on leafy stems, all against a rich orange-brown ground.
4.1cm high.
Sold for
HK$ 50,000
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 清 1790-1860 棕套綠玻璃雕福祿萬代鼻煙壺
壺呈扁瓶形，直口，橢圓形圈足。在淺棕色玻璃上套淺綠色玻璃，顏色組合耐看。上雕葫蘆紋，藤蔓連綿，葫蘆纍纍，雖然葫蘆及藤蔓關係複雜，但匠家交代清楚，不落俗套。因「葫蘆」諧音「福祿」，藤蔓的「蔓」諧音「萬代」，故此壺有美好願境，寓意福祿萬代。
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