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QING DYNASTY, 1830-1870
Details
A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN ‘FIGURES’ SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY, 1830-1870
The bottle is painted with sixteen boys playing in a garden, some acting as Sima Guang saving a boy from drowning. Together with a blue and white porcelain dish depicting five boys in a study, the base inscribed with the characters Wanyu (Jingdezhen, 1820-1880).
Bottle: 2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high, glass stopper;
Dish: 1.15/16 in. (4.9 cm.) diam. (2)
QING DYNASTY, 1830-1870
The bottle is painted with sixteen boys playing in a garden, some acting as Sima Guang saving a boy from drowning. Together with a blue and white porcelain dish depicting five boys in a study, the base inscribed with the characters Wanyu (Jingdezhen, 1820-1880).
Bottle: 2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high, glass stopper;
Dish: 1.15/16 in. (4.9 cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
Bottle: Dennis G. Crow, Los Angeles, California ,1994
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1592, sold at Christie’s New York, 13 September 2017, lot 267
Dish: C.K. Liang, Jade House, Hong Kong, October 1998
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1592, sold at Christie’s New York, 13 September 2017, lot 267
Dish: C.K. Liang, Jade House, Hong Kong, October 1998
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