A SANDWICH GLASS 'MELON' SNUFF BOTTLE, MID 18TH TO EARLY 19TH CENTURY China. Skillfully carved in the form of a melon borne on a gnarly stem issuing a smaller melon and leaves, and a butterfly to one side. The translucent green glass layer sandwiched above a mottled layer of white, gold, and pale violet.

Provenance: From a German private collection.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and manufacturing flaws, such as open bubbles, few small nibbles to exposed areas, some possibly smoothened. A small hole drilled to one leaf for usage as a pendant, probably inherent to original manufacturing.

Stopper: Silver set pink tourmaline stopper
Weight: 37.7 g
Dimensions: Height including stopper 54 mm. Diameter neck 11 mm and mouth 7 mm

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie's New York, 22 March 2007, lot 80
Price: USD 4,200 or approx. EUR 5,700 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: An unusual carved pale green glass gourd-form snuff bottle, possibly imperial, 1770-1850
Expert remark: Compare the closely related carving, the butterfly, the pale green color, as well as the size (47 mm)



十八世紀中至十九世紀初多層瓜瓞綿綿琉璃鼻烟壺
中國。巧妙地塑造成瓜形，長在一根粗糙的莖上，還有一個小瓜，一側是一隻蝴蝶，寓意瓜瓞綿綿。半透明綠色琉璃層之下可見白色、金色和淡紫色的琉璃層。

來源：德國私人收藏。
品相：品相極好，有輕微磨損和製造缺陷，例如開放的氣泡，局部輕微磕損。在一片葉子上鑽了一個小孔用作吊墜，這可能是最初就具備的。

壺蓋：粉紅碧璽鑲銀
重量：37.7 克
尺寸：高 （含蓋）54 毫米，頸部直徑11 毫米及壺口直徑7 毫米

拍賣結果比較：
形制：相近
拍賣：紐約佳士得，2007年3月22日，lot 80
價格：USD 4,200（相當於今日EUR 5,700）
描述：1770-1850年青色玻璃雕花葫蘆型鼻烟壺，或為御製
專家評論：比較非常相近的蝴蝶雕刻、青色調，以及尺寸(47 毫米)。