A RED OVERLAY ON YELLOW SNOWFLAKE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1820
Of orange-red color on an opalescent yellow snowflake ground, of bulbous rounded form, with a cylindrical neck and a neatly carved oval footrim, carved in high relief on one main side with four of the Eight Immortals seated under the branches of a peach tree hung with ripe fruit, the reverse with the remaining Eight Immortals seated under the branches of peach and willow trees, the two narrow sides with massive rockwork and pine, the foot encircled with a band of lotus leaves, the neck with a band of lingzhi heads; stopper.
2 3/8in (6cm) high
Footnotes:
1750-1820 橘紅套淡黃料刻八仙人物鼻煙壺一件

Provenance:
King Feng Arts Co., November 1990
Joan and Ted Dorf Collection, no. 12

This overlay glass bottle can be attributed to the glass workshops of Beijing and shows the glass carvers' skills at their finest. In terms of design and style of carving it appears to be more akin to the jade carvers of snuff bottles than to the lapidary craftsmen.

A beautifully designed snuff bottle in excellent condition.