AN ENAMELED BLUE-GROUND YIXING SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1840
The bottle is decorated on either side with a panel of a pavilion set beneath pine trees in a mountainous setting, all reserved on a cobalt-blue ground.
2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high, shell stopper
Provenance
Robert Hall, London, 2009. Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4940.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Lot Essay
A similar bottle, but of elongated form, was sold at Christie's New York, The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part I, 16 September 2015, lot 347.
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