A EUROPEAN-SUBJECT CANTON ENAMEL-INSET RED LACQUER BOTTLE

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

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A EUROPEAN-SUBJECT CANTON ENAMEL-INSET RED LACQUER BOTTLE
THE ENAMEL PLAQUES 18TH CENTURY, THE LACQUER LATERS

OF BROAD, FLATTENED PEAR SHAPE, THE SIDES SET WITH SIMILAR EUROPEAN- SUBJECT, OVAL PLAQUES DEPICTING A LADY IN GREEN DRESS WITH PURPLE SHAWL, HER ARMS AROUND A BOY HOLDING FLOWER SPRAYS, SHE WITH A FLORAL TIARA IN HER HAIR, A WINDOW TO ONE SIDE SHOWING TREES AND TWO COLUMNS BEHIND HER, THE LACQUER CARVED WITH LOTUS AND PEONY BETWEEN LEAF LAPPETS AT THE FOOT AND NECK, STOPPER

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FOR AN ALMOST IDENTICAL BOTTLE FROM THE MONIMAR COLLECTION SEE THE INTERNATIONAL CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLE SOCIETY JOURNAL, WINTER, 1988, FRONT COVER. IN THE COVER ARTICLE, CLARE LAWRENCE CONCLUDES THAT THE LACQUER BODY OF THE SNUFF BOTTLE WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE TO FRAME THE EARLIER CANTON ENAMEL PLAQUES

FOR A CORAL BOTTLE INSET WITH BEIJING ENAMEL PLAQUES DEPICTING BIRDS SEE BOB C. STEVENS, THE COLLECTOR'S BOOK OF SNUFF BOTTLES, P. 285, FIGS. 1032-1034. FOR ANOTHER BOTTLE, WITH EUROPEAN LADIES HOLDING MUSICAL SCORES, SEE CHRISTIE'S, FINE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES, THE DWYER COLLECTION, LONDON, OCTOBER 12, 1987, LOT 161; AND ANOTHER GOLD BOTTLE, FROM THE BAUR COLLECTION, IS ILLUSTRATED BY BOB C. STEVENS, OP. CIT., P. 271, NO. 987