A RED OVERLAY GLASS 'DRAGONS AND BATS' SNUFF BOTTLE Imperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing1750-1800PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF KIM GREENA RED OVERLAY GLASS 'DRAGONS AND BATS' SNUFF BOTTLEImperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing，1750-1800Of compressed, rounded form supported on a raised oval footrim, with shoulders sloping to a cylindrical, slightly everted neck and flat lip, the bottle overlaid in ruby-red on a 'snowflake' ground and carved on each main side with a roundel formed by a coiling chilong with sinewy limbs and a curling tail, its head pointing inwards forming the central motif, the two narrow sides carved with a bat in flight.2 1/4in (5.7cm) high1750-1800 霏雪地套紅料刻螭龍蝙蝠紋鼻煙壺一件御製 或爲北京宮廷作坊製Provenance:Kim Green collection no. 149