A GREEN ON YELLOW OVERLAY GLASS 'CRICKET' SNUFF BOTTLE, 18TH CENTURYChina, 1750-1800. The translucent emerald-green glass is carved through the opaque lemon-yellow ground with a cricket perched on a bean pod growing from a leafy vine to one side with scrolling vines issuing further pods and leaves on the other side. Note the fine glass swirls around the neck.Provenance: From the collection of Mary Ann Edmondson Bresee (1932-2017), Georgia, USA, avid collector and former member of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society. Her grandfather was Walter T. Candler, son of Asa G. Candler, the founder of the Coca-Cola Company. Her bottles were exhibited both at the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens and the Norton Museum of Art.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, microscopic nibbling to mouth. Stopper: Glass, gilt bronze collar, metal spoon Weight: 71.0 gDimensions: Height including stopper 67 mm. Diameter neck 20 mm and mouth 8 mm The compressed globular body rising from an oval foot to a slightly waisted cylindrical neck.Auction result comparison: Compare with a related overlay glass snuff bottle with a cricket at Christie's London in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 14 May 2019, lot 98, sold for GBP 17,500.十八世紀黃地套綠料蟈蟈蔓藤紋鼻烟壺中國,1750-1800年。杏黃色地上套半透明的翡翠綠色料雕琢棲息在藤曼豆莢上的蟈蟈,紋飾精細,綫條流暢生動,雕刻精美。 來源:美國佐治亞州Mary Ann Edmondson Bresee(1932-2017)收藏。她曾是國際中國鼻煙壺協會的會員。 其祖父是Walter T. Candler,可口可樂公司創始人Asa G.Candler的兒子。 她的鼻烟壺在Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens博物館和Norton Museum of Art博物館均有展出。 圖片:Mary Ann Edmondson Bresee (1932-2017) 品相:狀況極佳,輕微磨損,嘴巴有輕微磕損。 壺蓋:玻璃,鎏金銅蓋托,金屬小壺匙 重量:71.0 克 尺寸:總高67 毫米;頸部直徑20 毫米;嘴部直徑8 毫米 削肩,扁平式,橢圓形底足,縮頸,唇微微外翻。 拍賣結果比較:一件相似蟈蟈鼻烟壺見倫敦佳士得 Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 拍場2019年5月14日 lot 98, 售價GBP 17,500.