IMPERIAL, GUANGZHOU WORKSHOPS, QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN BLACK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Details

A RARE AND FINELY ENAMELLED COPPER SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, GUANGZHOU WORKSHOPS, QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN BLACK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The body is delicately enamelled on either side with a panel of paired birds amidst blossoming plants and rocks, all set within a stylised dragon border and reserved on a stippled pale pinkish-purple ground scattered with various floral sprays.
2 in. (5 cm.) high, stopper

Provenance

Andrew L. and Amanda Adams Love Collection, New York
Sold at Christie's New York, 20 September 2005, lot 430

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Lot Essay

Compare the Guangzhou enamelled-copper snuff bottle in the Denis S. K. Low Collection with similar decoration set against a blue ground and also with a Qianlong four-character mark in black enamel, illustrated by R. Kleiner, Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect, Singapore, 1999, p. 13, no. 9.

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