A RUBY-RED OVERLAY TRANSPARENT GLASS 'CHILONG' SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTYChina, 1760-1840. Carved in relief through the transparent ruby-red layer to the clear transparent ground to either side with a pair of sinuously coiled confronting chilong.Provenance: British private collection. Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and manufacturing flaws, such as pitting and bubbles.Stopper: Glass in imitation of apple green jadeite, good spoon Weight: 47.5 gDimensions: Height including stopper 74 mm. Diameter neck 16 mm and mouth 9 mmThe slightly flattened ovoid body rising from an oval spreading foot to a cylindrical neck.Literature comparison: Another crystal-clear colorless ground glass snuff bottle carved through ruby-red overlays with a design of chilong is illustrated in 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. 886.Auction result comparison: Compare with a related snuff bottle of globular form at Sotheby's Hong Kong in Chinese Art on 28-29 November 2019, lot 531, sold for HKD 40,000.清代透明料套寶石紅螭龍紋鼻烟壺中國,1760-1840年。透明玻璃地上套紅寶石料雕琢蜿蜒盤旋的螭龍。 來源:英國私人收藏 品相:狀況極佳,有輕微磨損和製造缺陷,例如點蝕和氣泡。 壺蓋:仿翠色玻璃,精美小壺匙 重量:47.5 克 尺寸:總高74 毫米;頸部直徑16 毫米;嘴部直徑9 毫米 扁平式,橢圓形底足,直頸。 拍賣結果比較:一件鼓泡式鼻烟壺見香港蘇富比Chinese Art拍場2019年11月28-29日 lot 531, 售價HKD 40,000.