A FAMILLE ROSE CORAL-RED-GROUND SNUFF BOTTLE

1840-1900

Details

A FAMILLE ROSE CORAL-RED-GROUND SNUFF BOTTLE
1840-1900
Of compressed rounded form with waisted neck and flared mouth rim, each side colorfully enameled with a butterfly flitting amidst two melons borne on leafy stems set against a network of scrolling tendrils and reserved on a coral-red ground, glass stopper
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong in the 1960s-70s.

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Lot Essay

A virtually identical bottle, dated 1800-1850, formerly in the collection of George Fisher, is illustrated by Hugh M. Moss (ed.), Chinese Snuff Bottles 5: A Magazine for the Collector and Student of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Hugh M. Moss LTD, London, May 1969, p. 29, fig. 18.

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