A VERY RARE AND FINELY ENAMELED IMPERIAL FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BOTTLE

JINGDEZHEN IMPERIAL KILNS, JIAQING FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD

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A VERY RARE AND FINELY ENAMELED IMPERIAL FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BOTTLE
Jingdezhen Imperial kilns, Jiaqing four-character mark in iron-red and of the period
Of tall, flattened, high-shouldered tapering form, finely enameled with a continuous scene of Shoulao and a crane standing on clouds above crashing waves, the reverse with the immortal Lan Caihe carrying a covered jar and standing in a willow tree boat being ferried across the sea, all between gilt and underglaze-blue lappet and ruyi borders, the waisted neck decorated with floral scroll, stopper
2¾in. (6.8cm.) high

Provenance

Brian T. Lyons Collection.
Sotheby's, London, 20 April 1982, lot 82.

Literature

Arts of Asia, July-August 1982, p. 133.

Exhibited

Chinese Snuff Bottles, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1977, no. 96.
Chinese Snuff Bottles, Taipei Gallery, New York, October 1993, p. 13.

Lot Essay

This is part of an original series of eight bottles which was broken up into pairs during the 1970's. Another pair is illustrated in the J & J Collection (H. Moss, V. Graham, K. B. Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle: The J & J Collection, New York, 1993, nos. 212 and 213) and two more, are illustrated in Chinese Snuff Bottles: A Miniature Art from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, Hong Kong, 1994, no. 142.

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