AN IMPERIAL CARVED RED GLASS 'DRAGON' SNUFF BOTTLEIncised Qianlong four-character mark and of the periodFlat lip and raised on a oval foot, exquisitely carved in relief with a curlingchilong below a flying bat, the transparent glass of an attractive ruby-red tone, inscribed to the underside with a four-characterkaishu reign mark, box.5.4cm (2 1/8in) high (2).Provenance: 清乾隆 寶石紅料雕螭龍紋鼻煙壺「乾隆年製」楷書刻款Provenance:Charlotte Horstmann and Gerald Godfrey Ltd., Hong Kong, early 1990sYouran Zhai Collection, Hong Kong來源:Charlotte Horstmann and Gerald Godfrey Ltd.，香港，1990年代初香港悠然齋珍藏