JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1780-1810

Similar bottles molded with luohan are illustrated by B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, p. 95, no. 278; by M. Hughes, The Blair Bequest, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Princeton University Art Museum, Baltimore, 2002, p. 195, no. 252; and by H. Moss, Snuff Bottles of China, London, 1971, pp.126-27, no. 297. A cream-glazed example in the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated by H. White, Snuff Bottles from China, London, 1992, pl. 115, no. 3. Another comparable bottle molded with the Eighteen Luohan, from the J & J Collection, was sold at Christie's New York, 17 September 2008, lot 52.