A RARE CHINESE BLUE OVERLAY 'SCHOLARS' YANGZHOU SCHOOL SNUFF BOTTLE

A RARE CHINESE BLUE OVERLAY 'SCHOLARS' YANGZHOU SCHOOL SNUFF BOTTLE
1800-80

With an ovoid milky-white body overlaid with a boy in a sampan holding a leaf stem in a lotus pond, and the inscription chu ni er bu ran, and a seal chen xin ru shui, the reverse with two butterflies above orchids growing beside rockwork and with a teapot and cups, and the inscription tong xin zhi yan, and the seal hu, 5.7cm.

Provenance: an English private collection, purchased from Wang & Co., October 2009.

See: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol.5, part3, no.1031, for a green overlay bottle decorated with a similar boating screen.