A snowflake ground glass snuff bottle with a sapphire-blue overlay carved with bats flying amongst clouds above turbulent waters.

The reverse of the snowflake ground glass snuff bottle with a sapphire-blue overlay carved with bats flying amongst clouds above turbulent waters.

THE CHINESE COLLECTION

Flying Bats Snuff Bottle

 

A carved single overlay sapphire-blue snuff bottle with a coral stopper.

B69

Glass, snowflake ground covered in a single overlay of sapphire-blue carved with bats flying amongst clouds above turbulent waters, the raised foot rim also carved from the blue overlay, the bottle of rounded form.

Chinese, 1750-1850
Stopper: Coral
Provenance: George James, 1973

The word for bat fu is phonetically the same as the word for blessings, and in China the bat is the most popular motif used to represent good luck and happiness.  Bats amongst clouds (fuyun in Chinese) mean good fortune.

 

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