AN ENAMELED TURQUOISE GLASS BOTTLE

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AN ENAMELED TURQUOISE GLASS BOTTLE
GUYUEXUAN MARK TO THE BASE, 1780-1860

Painted in famille rose enamels on one side with a crane beneath a gnarled pine tree, the reverse with a rooster amid flowers and weeds --2¼in. (5.7cm.) high, stopper

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For similar bottles painted with birds or flowers on opaque turquoise glass, see Christie's London, October 12, 1987, lot 282; Christie's New York, October 18, 1993, lot 238; and Christie's Hong Kong, November 1, 1994, lot 1234

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