A FAMILLE ROSE PAINTED ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE

GUANGZHOU, 1720-1770

Details

A FAMILLE ROSE PAINTED ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE
GUANGZHOU, 1720-1770
Of elongated ovoid form, the bottle is finely painted in bright famille rose enamels with an allover design of large peony blossoms borne on scrolling leafy stems, all reserved on a lemon-yellow ground.
2½ in. (6.4 cm.) high, gilt-metal stopper

Provenance

Robert Kleiner, London, 1991.

Literature

Journal of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, Baltimore, Winter 1996, front cover.

Exhibited

Taipei Gallery, New York, Chinese Snuff Bottles, 1-29 October 1993, p. 7.

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Lot Essay

For a similar bottle, along with a discussion on the output of the Guangzhou Imperial Workshops, see Moss, Graham, Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, Vol. I, New York, 1993, pp. 300-1, no. 181.

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