G28 A double overlay on white opaque glass “Pomegranate and peach” snuff bottle

Descrizione

Description:  Chinese double overlay carved glass snuff bottle. The bottle has a pink and a dark brown overlays on a white opaque glass body. It is decorated on one side with a pomegranate and a small three legged toad, and on the other side with a peach, both fruits with attached stem, branch and leaves. Because of the many seeds, the pomegranate is a wish for fertility and the peach is a wish for long life. Hence the rebus is “May you have a long life and many sons”.

Foot/base:  Well shaped protruding foot and slightly convex base

Mark:  No marks

Dating:  Difficult to date, 20^th century to be on the safe side

Material:  Glass.

Size:  63 mm high

Stopper:  Green stone with silver collar and spoon.

Provenance:  Antiquarian market

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Notes:  Difficult to say the correct age of this bottle, it could either be 19^th or 20^th century, but it is notable for the quality of the carving. A very pleasant bottle.