A BLUE OVERLAY ‘ARCHAISTIC CHILONG’ GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, 18TH CENTURYOpaque sky-blue overlay on opaque white ground, carved in high relief and incisedChina, 18th centuryA rather unusual, early bottle, with an archaistic circumferential design depicting two chilong on each side, surrounded by various key fret borders.Shape: Flattened pear shapeHollowing: StandardMouth, neck and lip: Cylindric, slightly sprawling neck, with very large mouthBase: Oval with raised foot rimStopper: Honey colored agate with black platelet and good, old spoonHeight of the bottle with stopper: 7.5 cm.Width of the mouth: 6 mm.Width of the neck: 10 mm.Weight: 30.8 gramsCondition: Very good with some microscopic nibbling to lip, possibly from manufacturingProvenance: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, April 1975, by repute, thereafter American private collection涅白地套天藍料螭龍鼻烟壺,十八世紀涅白地套不透明天藍色料玻璃,深浮雕,細節入微 中國, 十八世紀壺型: 扁平梨形掏膛: 規整壺口、頸與唇部:直筒寬頸,壺口極大底足: 橢圓形圈足壺蓋: 蜜色瑪瑙,黑色托片,老杓保存良好壺高(含壺蓋): 7.5 厘米口徑: 6 毫米壺頸寬: 10 毫米重量: 30.8 克品相: 極好,唇部有細微磕損,可能是製作缺陷來源: 蘇富比Parke Bernet,紐約,1975年4月,之後美國私人收藏