A FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
This lot is offered without reserve.
A FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE

IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1760-1799)

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A FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1760-1799)
The bottle is decorated on either side with multiple flowering plants, including multicolored cockscomb, set against a ground of iron-red floral scrolls and blossoms.
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high, porcelain stopper
Provenance
Robert Hall, London, 1998.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2713.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

During the Qianlong period, under the directorship of Tang Ying at Jingdezhen, a series of spectacular enameled porcelain snuff bottles was produced in very small quantities for the Court. These set the standard for imperial production of porcelain snuff bottles that continued into the Daoguang period, although stylistically the designs and forms changed considerably over the century of their production. This rare example demonstrates the strong influence of Tang Ying's style and its quality of enameling.

A bottle with similar floral decoration and geometric floral side bands was sold at Christie's New York, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles From The J Collection, Part V, 17 September 2008, lot 72. See, also, a set of ten Jiaqing mark-and-period Imperial porcelain bottles, also produced at Jingdezhen, illustrated in Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1991, no. 90.

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