OVOID GLASS OVERLAY TABATIERE BOTTLE
China
Made of semi-translucent white glass. With overlay decoration in four colours: green, black, red and blue. This one shows crabs and lotus on one side, bats and gourds / gourds on the other side. Stopper and spatula.
H (excluding cap): 6 cm
Note: The crab is, by homonymy, a symbol of harmony. It is also synonymous with success in the imperial examinations because of its shell whose name in Chinese (?).
A FOUR-COLOUR OVERLAY 'CRAB AND LOTUS' SEMI-TRANSLUCENT GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
China