A RED OVERLAY ON WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
Yangzhou School, 1820-1900
Of red on milk-white ground, of elongated teardrop form with a long cylindrical neck and a neatly carved oval footrim, continuously overlaid with three fan-tailed carp swimming among aquatic weeds and bubbles, below an archaic inscription around the neck reading jiqing youyu (auspicious and abundance) also overlaid with a red 'collar'; stopper.
2 7/8in (7.3cm) high
Footnotes:
1820-1900 白地套紅料吉慶有餘鼻煙壺一件
揚州派

Provenance:
C. G. Sloan Company, November 1984
Joan and Ted Dorf Collection, no. 1

Little is known about the makers of this group of bottles known collectively as the Yangzhou School, that name given because of the probability that these bottles were made in or near to Yangzhou. Increasingly, more is known about the owners and collectors who commissioned these bottles as their names (or artnames) are carved from the overlay color. The owner's names that appear most frequently on this group of bottles are Li Junting, Yunting, and Wang Su (1794-1877), who was a painter and literatus from the Yangzhou area. Less frequently seen are names such as Xu Nong, Qiutang, Jifang and Dieyuan.

Generally in very good condition. A short vertical air-bubble to the neck but unobtrusive. Attractive design and a slightly unusual slender form.