清乾隆 透明地套藍料魚藻紋鼻煙壺

Irwin L. Rosenberg 收藏
Emily Byrne Curtis 收藏
Robert Kleiner，倫敦，1986年

Glencoe 公共圖書館，Glencoe，1946年
芝加哥公共圖書館，芝加哥，1953年
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Hugh Moss、Victor Graham 及曾嘉寶，《A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection》，卷5，香港，2002年，編號930

There are a few flakes to the lip, including a partially polished chip to the outer lip.
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This bottle is distinguished by the detailed surface carving, the low but well-rounded relief, the unusually impressive fan-tail spread out behind each goldfish like the train of a wedding dress, and a well-detailed dorsal fin laid along one side as if it had fallen over.

Taking into account similar bottles, an early- to mid-Qianlong date would seem to be the most likely.