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JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1790-1880
Details
A FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN 'BATS' SNUFF BOTTLE
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1790-1880
The pear-shaped bottle is decorated with iron-red bats in flight amidst multi-colored clouds, and with five bats (wufu) encircling the seal mark on the rounded base. The base has a Qianlong four-character seal mark in iron red.
2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) high, glass stopper
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1790-1880
The pear-shaped bottle is decorated with iron-red bats in flight amidst multi-colored clouds, and with five bats (wufu) encircling the seal mark on the rounded base. The base has a Qianlong four-character seal mark in iron red.
2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Bernice Straus Hasterlik Collection; Sotheby's New York, 17 September 1996, lot 126.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2274.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2274.
Exhibited
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.