AN UNDERGLAZE COPPER-RED-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE SNUFF BOTTLE
AN UNDERGLAZE COPPER-RED-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE SNUFF BOTTLE

JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1840-1880

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AN UNDERGLAZE COPPER-RED-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE SNUFF BOTTLE
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1840-1880
The body is decorated with a continuous scene of a group of tribute bearers from tributary nations, one holding a gui tablet and others bearing precious objects, gathered around a white elephant, a lion, a qilin and another mythical beast in a landscape.
3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high, metal stopper
Provenance
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4763.

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