A reddish brown overlay white glass snuff bottle, Yangzhou school, 1830-1890. Photo Bonhams.
Of compressed spherical form, with a flat lip and red oval foot rim surrounding a convex foot, the single reddish-brown overlay highlighting the low relief carved decoration of bats emanating from a double gourd, the other face with a diminutive pine in a planter, adjacent to a scholar's rock with lingzhi, with a four character inscription in seal script reading Shou Tong Jin Shi (Long-lived liked metal and stone). 2 3/8in (6cm) high.Sold for US$ 5,000 (€3,595)
Both the palette and use of the overlay in this bottle is quite similar to one formerly in the Bloch Collection, see Moss et. al., A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 5, no 1025.
Property from the Collection of Emmanuel Dimitri Gran (1894-1969)
Bonhams.CHINESE ART FROM THE SCHOLAR'S STUDIO. 17 Mar 2014, New York - www.bonhams.com