Lot 742
742
A BLUE ENAMELED MOLDED WHITE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
This lot is offered without reserve.
A BLUE ENAMELED MOLDED WHITE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE

IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD, 1790-1799

Details
A BLUE ENAMELED MOLDED WHITE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD, 1790-1799
The cylindrical bottle is made in imitation of a blue-overlay glass bottle and is molded in relief with two dragons chasing a flaming pearl above waves, all covered in bright blue enamel against the white ground.
2 ¾ in. (6.9 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Charles V. Swain Collection, Pennsylvania.
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4793.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

It appears that this pattern was popular during the Qianlong and Jiaqing reigns. A Qianlong-marked bottle of similar proportions, but probably from a slightly different mold, was in the Ruth and Carl Barron Collection: Part I, sold at Christie's New York, 16 September 2015, lot 224.

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