A FIVE-COLOR OVERLAY MILKY-WHITE 'FISH AND BAT' GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG / JIAQING PERIOD Milky-white glass, with overlay in ruby-red, emerald-green, sapphire-blue, a distinctive honey-golden yellow and purple, all with scattered air bubbles of various sizes. China, 1750-1820Masterfully carved to depict three fish, two flowers, a wheat ear, a bat and a lotus, all with neatly incised details, above a continuous wavy border surrounding the lower end of the bottleShape: Flattened globular formHollowing: StandardMouth, neck and lip: Narrow mouth, elevated neck tapering upwardsBase: Oval with elevated rimStopper: Pink glass stopper on a yellow glass plateletHeight of the bottle with stopper: 6.7 cmWidth of the mouth: 6 mmWidth of the neck: 14 mmCondition: Excellent Provenance: Robert Kleiner. British private collection. Two old collector labels (one faded)Literature comparison: Snuff Bottles of China, Hugh M. Moss, Bibelot 1971, lot 242 and 245 (for two other five color overlay bottles with comparable color patterns, one of them also on the title of the book). Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection: Part VI. Sotheby’s, May 27th 2013, HONG KONG, lot 245. (for another five-color overlay bottle with comparable color pattern).Expertise: Alexander Zacke涅白地套五色玻璃魚蝠鼻煙壺, 清代, 乾隆至嘉慶年間白玻璃帶寶石紅、翡翠綠、寶石藍、金蜜黃與紫色, 帶不同大小的氣泡, 中國, 1750-1820年巧妙地雕琢成三條魚, 兩朵花, 麥穗, 蝙蝠與蓮花紋. 細節都極其講究, 壺下部有一行波瀾成邊帶.形狀:平面球形掏膛:標準瓶口、頸、瓶唇: 窄口, 凸出尖細邊底足:橢圓形, 凸出邊蓋: 小黃玻璃盤帶紫玻璃蓋高(帶蓋):6.7厘米口徑:0.6厘米頸部直徑:1.4厘米狀態敘述:完善來源:Robert Kleiner 先生舊藏. 英國私人舊藏. 兩張舊收藏標籤(一張不明).文獻: Snuff Bottles of China, Hugh M. Moss, Bibelot 1971, 編號242 與 245. Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection: Part VI. Sotheby’s, 2013年5月27日, HONG KONG, 編號245.