A RED OVERLAY ON WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLEYangzhou 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 1820-1900 白地套紅料吉慶有餘鼻煙壺一件 揚州派 Provenance: C. G. Sloanpany, 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 whomissioned 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.