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QING DYNASTY, 1790-1830
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A FINE COPPER-RED DECORATED PORCELAIN ‘FIVE-CLAWED DRAGON’ SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY, 1790-1830
Together with a copper-red ‘dragon’ porcelain snuff dish inscribed on the base with a Yongzheng four-character reign mark.
Bottle: 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm.) high, tourmaline stopper; Dish: 1 ¾ in. (4.5 cm.) diam. (2)
QING DYNASTY, 1790-1830
Together with a copper-red ‘dragon’ porcelain snuff dish inscribed on the base with a Yongzheng four-character reign mark.
Bottle: 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm.) high, tourmaline stopper; Dish: 1 ¾ in. (4.5 cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
Bottle: The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2570, sold at Christie’s New York,
16 September 2015, lot 246
Dish: The Blanche B. Exstein Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles, sold at Christie’s New York, 21 March 2002, lot 263 (part)
16 September 2015, lot 246
Dish: The Blanche B. Exstein Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles, sold at Christie’s New York, 21 March 2002, lot 263 (part)
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. 21.3.1839
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