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QING DYNASTY, 1820-1880
Details
A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN ‘DRAGON’ SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY, 1820-1880
The base is inscribed with a six-character Yongzheng reign mark. Together with a blue and white ‘floral’ porcelain snuff dish inscribed on the base with the characters wanyu.
Bottle: 3 in. (7.6 cm.) high, coral stopper; Dish: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) diam. (2)
QING DYNASTY, 1820-1880
The base is inscribed with a six-character Yongzheng reign mark. Together with a blue and white ‘floral’ porcelain snuff dish inscribed on the base with the characters wanyu.
Bottle: 3 in. (7.6 cm.) high, coral stopper; Dish: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
Bottle: Gerd Lester
S.L. Tan
The Ann and John Hamilton Collection, no. 249, sold at Sotheby’s New York, 27 March 2003, lot 318 (one of three)
Dish: The Ko Collection, Italy, 1997
S.L. Tan
The Ann and John Hamilton Collection, no. 249, sold at Sotheby’s New York, 27 March 2003, lot 318 (one of three)
Dish: The Ko Collection, Italy, 1997
Special notice
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