IMPERIAL, YANGZHOU, 1770-1799

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A GUYUE XUAN ENAMELLED WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, YANGZHOU, 1770-1799
The bottle is decorated with a continuous design of two pheasants perched upon rocks below flowering branches. The base has a three-character Guyue Xuan mark in iron-red enamel.
2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high, 'imitation coral' glass stopper

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Lot Essay

Compare the current lot to two snuff bottles from the Ruth and Carl Barron Collection with similar style of decoration, also made at Yangzhou for the court with Guyue Xuan marks, sold at Christie's New York, 15 March 2017, lot 436 and 437.

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