Lot 429
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A RARE MINIATURE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BOTTLE

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A RARE MINIATURE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BOTTLE
JIAQING

Of flattened oviform shape, painted on one side with a lady in red-sleeved dress and blue robe holding a wine ewer, and on the other with a gentleman seated in a pale turquoise robe holding a wine cup, the narrow sides painted in underglaze blue with gilt scrolling, a small, indecipherable red seal on the base, stopper

Lot Essay

For a Jiaqing-marked example of larger size see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham, Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, p. 365, no. 211. This group all appear to have underglaze blue borders picked out with gilt scrolling