A BROWN OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
LI JUNTING SCHOOL, ATTRIBUTED TO YANGZHOU, 1810-1850
A BROWN OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE LI JUNTING SCHOOL, ATTRIBUTED TO YANGZHOU, 1810-1850 Of compressed spherical form, the body of white glass with brown glass overlays on both sides, one side carved with a young goatherd seated on the ground, a whip at his side while he tends two goats, a long rope extending from one, as he gazes up at the sky at two butterflies flying overhead, the other side with a fisherman holding his rod and a branch of prunus blossoms, a basket and recently caught carp nearby, a bat overhead and petals strewn about at the man's feet, with overlay inscription in seal script reading Rili gianjin (every day one-thousand [pieces of] gold in profit), glass stopper carved as a coiled chi dragon 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm.) high
A BROWN OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
LI JUNTING SCHOOL, ATTRIBUTED TO YANGZHOU, 1810-1850
A BROWN OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE LI JUNTING SCHOOL, ATTRIBUTED TO YANGZHOU, 1810-1850 Of compressed spherical form, the body of white glass with brown glass overlays on both sides, one side carved with a young goatherd seated on the ground, a whip at his side while he tends two goats, a long rope extending from one, as he gazes up at the sky at two butterflies flying overhead, the other side with a fisherman holding his rod and a branch of prunus blossoms, a basket and recently caught carp nearby, a bat overhead and petals strewn about at the man's feet, with overlay inscription in seal script reading Rili gianjin (every day one-thousand [pieces of] gold in profit), glass stopper carved as a coiled chi dragon 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm.) high
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