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PROPERTY FROM THE ROBERT LONSDALE COLLECTION, SARASOTA, FLORIDA
A CLOISONNE ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE
GUANGZHOU OR JIUJIANG, QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Details
A CLOISONNE ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE
GUANGZHOU OR JIUJIANG, QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The bottle is of flattened, rounded form, decorated on each side with a scene of squirrels and grapes within a shaped cartouche, set against a yellow ground with blue leafy lotus scrolls. Together with, a double bottle of joined double-gourd form, 1820-1900, decorated with large lotus blooms borne on leafy scrolls set against a turquoise ground.
2 3/8 and 2 1/8 in. (6 and 5.4 cm.) high, original cloisonné enamel stopper, and two chalcedony stoppers (2)
GUANGZHOU OR JIUJIANG, QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The bottle is of flattened, rounded form, decorated on each side with a scene of squirrels and grapes within a shaped cartouche, set against a yellow ground with blue leafy lotus scrolls. Together with, a double bottle of joined double-gourd form, 1820-1900, decorated with large lotus blooms borne on leafy scrolls set against a turquoise ground.
2 3/8 and 2 1/8 in. (6 and 5.4 cm.) high, original cloisonné enamel stopper, and two chalcedony stoppers (2)
Provenance
Double-gourd form bottle: Kurt Graf Blucher von Wahlstatt (Count Blucher) Collection.
Marjorie Dillon Lonsdale (1920-2005) Collection, Sarasota, Florida.
Marjorie Dillon Lonsdale (1920-2005) Collection, Sarasota, Florida.
Literature
H. Moss, Snuff Bottles of China, London, 1971, p. 121, no. 276 (double gourd-form bottle).
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