A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN BOTTLE

Details

A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN BOTTLE
DAOGUANG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD

Of rounded rectangular shape, vigorously painted with a five-clawed dragon on each side, one in profile, the other full-faced, both amidst cloud and fire scrolls with a flaming pearl on the narrower sides, the neck with bats, stopper

Provenance

Albert Pyke Collection, Los Angeles

Lot Essay

For a comparable bottle of flattened pear shape, also bearing a four-character mark and painted in broad brushstrokes in a watery wash, see Robert W. L. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, pp. 172-173, fig. 233