A Famille Rose Enamelled Glass Bottle

GUYUEXUAN IRON-RED MARK, 1770-1850

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A Famille Rose Enamelled Glass Bottle
Guyuexuan iron-red mark, 1770-1850
Of rounded shape, painted in bright enamels with chrysanthemum rising from rockwork below an autumnal tree to one side, and lotus below willow to the other, all below ruyi lappets and cash symbols at the waisted neck, the narrow sides faceted, stopper
2.5/8in. (6.7cm.) high

Lot Essay

For another Guyuexuan-marked bottle of similar type formerly in the R. Bensabott Collection, Minneapolis, 1947, see Christie's, New York, 3 December 1992, lot 359; see also another of identical shape painted with quail amidst millet, Christie's, New York, 25 March 1998, lot 309. For another, see Snuff Bottles of the Ching Dynasty, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1978, Catalogue, p. 56, pl. 28

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