Lot 1200
1200
A RARE SET OF EIGHT FAMILLE ROSE AND UNDERGLAZE BLUE-DECORATED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
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A RARE SET OF EIGHT FAMILLE ROSE AND UNDERGLAZE BLUE-DECORATED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES

JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN IRON-RED IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)

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A RARE SET OF EIGHT FAMILLE ROSE AND UNDERGLAZE BLUE-DECORATED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN IRON-RED IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)
Each of rectangular section, with a recessed base and short cylindrical neck, painted on the front and back with figural scenes from various plays and novels, the neck and sides painted in underglaze blue with a band of blossoms and leaves, with gilt highlights, blue hardstone stoppers
1¾ in. (4.45 cm.) high (8)
Provenance
Ruckman Collection.
Charles Swain, 1970s.

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Lot Essay

Two very similar Jiaqing-marked famille rose bottles, from the collection of Colonel James A. Blair Jr. (1880-1934), are illustrated by M. C. Hughes, The Blair Bequest: Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Princeton University Art Museum, Baltimore, 2002, p. 173, nos. 214 and 215.

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