A YELLOW OVERLAY SNOWFLAKE GLASS 'CHILONG' SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY China, 19^th century. Of flattened ovoid from, rising from an oval foot to a slightly everted neck, carved in high relief through the opaque yellow outer layer to the transparent bubble-suffused and white-specked ground with four sinuously coiled and neatly incised chilong.

Provenance: Collection particulière dans le département Eure-et-Loir, France.
Condition: Good condition with old wear, minor nibbling, the foot with a small chip, the yellow layer with open bubbles.

Stopper: Hardstone stopper, carved spoon
Weight: 49.8 g
Dimensions: Height including stopper 81 mm. Diameter neck 14 mm and mouth 7 mm.

The medley of various tones of yellow on glassworks was apparently developed during the Qianlong period, probably in the middle or second half of the reign. Among them, the most common combination was a range of yellow tones above a transparent ground. The overlay's visual similarity with topaz, which is sometimes called huangyu (yellow jade) in Chinese, suggests that it could have been inspired by the gemstone.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 26 May 2013, lot 263
Price: HKD 25,000 or approx. EUR 3,800 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A golden-brown overlay yellow glass snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, 19^th century

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie's New York, 14 September 2016, lot 472
Price: USD 1,750 or approx. EUR 2,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A green-overlay clear glass snuff bottle, 1760-1840



清代雪花地套黃料螭龍紋鼻烟壺
中國，十九世紀。直頸，橢圓形壺身，圈足。雪花地半透明料器，套黃色螭龍紋。

來源：法國 Eure-et-Loir省私人收藏。
品相：品相良好，有磨損，輕微磕損，足部有小磕損，黃色層有開泡。

壺蓋：硬石，雕刻小勺
重量：49.8 克
尺寸：高 （含蓋）81 毫米，頸部直徑14 毫米及壺口直徑7 毫米

黃色料器顯然是在乾隆年間發展起來的，可能是在乾隆中後期。其中，最常見的組合是透明地上套黃色料。黃料與黃玉看上去十分相似，有時也被稱為黃玉，這說明它可能受到玉石的啟發。

拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：香港蘇富比，2013年5月26日，lot 263
價格：HKD 25,000（相當於今日EUR 3,800）
描述：十九世紀清代金棕地套黃料鼻烟壺

拍賣結果比較：
形制：相近
拍賣：紐約佳士得，2016年9月14日，lot 472
價格：USD 1,750 （相當於今日EUR 2,000）
描述：1760-1840年透明地套綠料鼻烟壺