Glass, milk white glass of flattened ovoid shape printed in bright tones with a cluster of daisies and leaves, with a pierced rock and hovering butterfly, the reverse with pink peonies and rocks, the shoulders with an elaborate stylised petal collar, the neck with a pink classic scroll studded with florettes, the base with a two-character mark of Qianlong Emperor. By Wang Xisan, 1958-1962.

1958-1962

6.4cm

Provenance:
Robert Kleiner & Co Ltd January 2008

Exhibited:
ICSBS Convention Lisbon 2023, Museo Medeiros e Almeida

Published:
ICSBS,  Small Treasures of Chinese Snuff Bottles, 2023, no 57
Derek Shepherd, The Heriot Collection: Volume I, 2020, fig 74

For more details see Moss Journal of ICSBS Autumn 1985

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