A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN ‘STREET VENDOR’ SNUFF BOTTLE
A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN ‘STREET VENDOR’ SNUFF BOTTLE
A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN ‘STREET VENDOR’ SNUFF BOTTLE
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A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN ‘STREET VENDOR’ SNUFF BOTTLE

DAOGUANG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)

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A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN ‘STREET VENDOR’ SNUFF BOTTLE
DAOGUANG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The bottle is decorated with street vendors and customers standing next to a display rack surmounted by a circular cartouche inscribed with the character gao. Together with a blue and white porcelain snuff dish painted with figures and inscriptions.

Bottle: 2.15/16 in. (7.5 cm.) high, glass stopper;
Dish: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
Bottle: C.K. Liang, Jade House, Hong Kong, April 2006
Literature
Bottle: Hugh Moss and Stuart Sargent, The Water Pine and Stone Retreat Collection of Snuff Bottles. Part One. Imperial Influence over the Snuff Bottle Arts, Hong Kong, 2017, no. 21.3.625

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