A FIVE-COLOR OVERLAY MILKY-WHITE 'FISH AND BAT' GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG / JIAQING PERIOD
Milky-white glass, with overlay in ruby-red, emerald-green, sapphire-blue, a distinctive honey-golden yellow and purple, all with scattered air bubbles of various sizes. China, 1750-1820

Masterfully carved to depict three fish, two flowers, a wheat ear, a bat and a lotus, all with neatly incised details, above a continuous wavy border surrounding the lower end of the bottle

Shape: Flattened globular form
Hollowing: Standard
Mouth, neck and lip: Narrow mouth, elevated neck tapering upwards
Base: Oval with elevated rim
Stopper: Pink glass stopper on a yellow glass platelet
Height of the bottle with stopper: 6.7 cm
Width of the mouth: 6 mm
Width of the neck: 14 mm
Condition: Excellent
Provenance: Robert Kleiner. British private collection. Two old collector labels (one faded)

Literature comparison: Snuff Bottles of China, Hugh M. Moss, Bibelot 1971, lot 242 and 245 (for two other five color overlay bottles with comparable color patterns, one of them also on the title of the book). Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection: Part VI. Sotheby’s, May 27th 2013, HONG KONG, lot 245. (for another five-color overlay bottle with comparable color pattern).

Expertise: Alexander Zacke

涅白地套五色玻璃魚蝠鼻煙壺, 清代, 乾隆至嘉慶年間

白玻璃帶寶石紅、翡翠綠、寶石藍、金蜜黃與紫色, 帶不同大小的氣泡, 中國, 1750-1820年

巧妙地雕琢成三條魚, 兩朵花, 麥穗, 蝙蝠與蓮花紋. 細節都極其講究, 壺下部有一行波瀾成邊帶.

形狀：平面球形

掏膛：標準

瓶口、頸、瓶唇： 窄口, 凸出尖細邊

底足：橢圓形, 凸出邊

蓋: 小黃玻璃盤帶紫玻璃蓋

高（帶蓋）：6.7厘米

口徑：0.6厘米

頸部直徑：1.4厘米

狀態敘述：完善

來源：Robert Kleiner 先生舊藏. 英國私人舊藏. 兩張舊收藏標籤(一張不明).

文獻: Snuff Bottles of China, Hugh M. Moss, Bibelot 1971, 編號242 與 245. Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection: Part VI. Sotheby’s, 2013年5月27日, HONG KONG, 編號245.