A YELLOW-OVERLAY PINK 'CRANES & PINES' GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

Opaque pink glass with carved and incised lemon-yellow overlay, with some scattered minuscule air bubbles. China, 1780-1860

The bottle is carved through the yellow overlay to the pink ground, with a continuous scene of pine trees and branches and lingzhi growing from rocks, with a standing crane on one side and a departing crane on the other, with his wings already wide spread. Mock ring handles to the shoulders.

Shape: Flattened round shape
Hollowing: Standard
Mouth, neck and lip: Sprawling neck, slanted inner and outer lip, deep cylindric mouth
Base: Oval, with raised and rounded foot rim
Stopper: Green glass cabochon
Height of the bottle with stopper: 7.1 cm.
Width of the mouth: 7 mm.
Width of the neck: 16 mm.
Condition: Two chips to neck restored, several chips to overlay, a few of them restored
Provenance: Hungarian private collection

Literature comparison: The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part I. Christies, New York, September 16th, 2015, lot 297. (for a bottle from the same group, but with a deer and a crane, dated 1780-1860) THE LINDA RIDDELL HOFFMAN COLLECTION OF CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES. Bonhams, New York, March 22nd, 2011, lot 84. (for a slightly later bottle from this group, with a blossoming prunus design, dated 1820-1900) Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles XI, The Snowy Peaks Collection, lot 16. (for a bottle from the same group, but with a deer and bear design, dated 1800-1850)

1780-1860年間黃色套粉料"仙鶴松樹"鼻烟壺
頸部兩道缺口已修復，套料上有一些小缺損，其中一些已修復
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