Lot Essay
For another blue and white porcelain gourd-shaped bottle see Robert W. L. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of John Ault, 1990, Catalogue, fig. 173
Details
AN UNUSUAL BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN POUCH-SHAPED BOTTLE
19TH CENTURY
Painted on each side with a near identical scene of a fisherman on a boat under moonlight in a river landscape with pine, touches of pink enamel to the boat and moon, the shoulders with original piercing for suspension, stopper
19TH CENTURY
Painted on each side with a near identical scene of a fisherman on a boat under moonlight in a river landscape with pine, touches of pink enamel to the boat and moon, the shoulders with original piercing for suspension, stopper
Provenance
The Ko Family Collection
Sold Christie's London, June 12, 1972 (Part II), lot 36
Sold Christie's London, June 12, 1972 (Part II), lot 36