Lot 35
35
A GILT AND CORAL-GLAZED MOLDED PORCELAIN BOTTLE

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A GILT AND CORAL-GLAZED MOLDED PORCELAIN BOTTLE
GILT JIAQING FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

Of spade shape, molded in a continuous scene around the body with playful Buddhistic lions chasing ribboned balls between ruyi lappets at the foot and shoulder, the neck with key-pattern, some minute chips, stopper

Lot Essay

For an identical example see Robert W. L. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, p. 166, fig. 223

This group is molded in the style of earlier imperial ivory bottles. It is possible that this group is made from molds taken direct from the ivory bottles. The crispness of this example suggests an early molding
For a white-glazed example see Alexander Brody, Old Wine into Old Bottles, A Collector's Commonplace Book, pp. 48-49