A RARE IMPERIAL FAMILLE ROSE CANTON ENAMEL 'ONE HUNDRED BOYS' BOTTLE

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A RARE IMPERIAL FAMILLE ROSE CANTON ENAMEL 'ONE HUNDRED BOYS' BOTTLE
JIAQING IRON-RED SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE ON THE BASE AND OF THE PERIOD

Of rounded spade shape, painted with a continuous river landscape scene with 'one hundred boys' at a festival carrying animal and fish puppets, lanterns, firecrackers, cymbals and drums near a pavilion below iron-red scrolling on a lime-green band at the neck, some minor faults and wear
2 1/8in. (5.4cm.) high, stopper

Lot Essay

It is rare to find a Jiaqing-marked enamel bottle. In the National Palace Museum, Taipei, while there appears to be quite a large number of Qianlong and Yongzheng-marked enamel examples, and even a few Kangxi-marked enamel bottles, there only appears to be one bearing a Jiaqing mark. It depicts European children at play in a Chinese landscape watched by European ladies. See Snuff Bottles in the Collection of The National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1991, p. 85, pl. 17. The subject of 'One Hundred Boys', however, was an extremely popular one and can be found painted or carved in numerous medium