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1800-1880
Details
A CLOISONNE ENAMEL BOTTLE
1800-1880
Of flattened ovoid form, decorated with a continuous design of butterflies and floral sprays against a deep purplish-blue ground, all between bands of overlapping red petals encircling the base and the neck, stopper
1 3/8in. (6cm.) high
1800-1880
Of flattened ovoid form, decorated with a continuous design of butterflies and floral sprays against a deep purplish-blue ground, all between bands of overlapping red petals encircling the base and the neck, stopper
1 3/8in. (6cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Bob C. Stevens, Part III, 26 March 1982, lot 206.
Literature
B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, p. 265, no. 941.
Exhibited
Chinese Snuff Bottles, Taipei Gallery, New York, October 1993, p. 7.