AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS ‘RIVERSCAPE AT NIGHT’ SNUFF BOTTLE
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1895
The flattened ovoid body supported on an oval foot and surmounted by a broad cylindrical neck, finely painted with a continuous riverscape scene. The sun rises over the mountain tops, above two small huts nestled between towering trees, a rooster perched on a mound above one of the huts, with workmen going about their day by a meandering river.
Inscriptions: To one side, signed ‘Gui Xianggu’ and dated ‘During the year of Yiwei (corresponding to 1895), in Beijing’.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- glass
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- Height including stopper 71 mm. Diameter neck 19 mm and mouth 5.5 mm
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 187403235
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.