Lot 691
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A BLUE AND WHITE AXE-FORM PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
This lot is offered without reserve.
A BLUE AND WHITE AXE-FORM PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE

JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1780-1830

Details
A BLUE AND WHITE AXE-FORM PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1780-1830
The faces of the bottle are decorated with flowering vines, and the narrow sides with bamboo and a blossoming plum tree.
1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.) high, lapis lazuli stopper
Provenance
Dennis G. Crow, Los Angeles, California, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1586.
Exhibited
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

For an identical example and discussion of the rare form see Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 6, Part 3, Hong Kong, 2008, p. 415, no. 1185.

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