A FOUR-COLOUR OVERLAY MILKY-WHITE GLASS 'CHILONG' SNUFF BOTTLE QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG / JIAQING PERIOD

of transparent ruby-red, sapphire-blue, emerald-green, golden-yellow and slightly streaky, milky glass, all with scattered air bubbles of various sizes, with a flat lip and recessed, convex, irregularly oval foot surrounded by a footrim made up of elements of the design, carved as a single overlay with a continuous design of seven chilong, one forming a naturalistic footrim; the tourmaline stopper with a gold collar with integral gold ‘cork’ and spoon

Wing Hing Co, Hong Kong, 1984.
Zhirou Zhai Collection.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., 1993.

Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 5, Hong Kong, 2002, no. 993.

There are some minor nibbles to the inner lip; otherwise the snuff bottle is in overall good condition.
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For further glass overlay bottles carved with chilong see other examples in the Bloch collection sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 23^rd November 2010, lot 146 and 27^th May 2012, lot 120.