Lot 114
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A FAHUA-DECORATED RETICULATED PORCELAIN BOTTLE 19TH CENTURY

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A FAHUA-DECORATED RETICULATED PORCELAIN BOTTLE 19TH CENTURY

Of rounded shape, molded and carved in a continuous scene around the body with a pair of aubergine and turquoise peacocks divided by lime-green rockwork and aubergine and yellow peony on a reticulated green ground, below further peony heads at the shoulder, a central unglazed cylinder within
2 7/16in. (6.3cm.) high, stopper

Lot Essay

It is unusual to find a porcelain snuff bottle imitating fahua of the Ming dynasty, itself imitating cloisonné. For a large Ming jar from the George Eumorfopoulos Collection, molded and painted in a very similar style with a peacock amidst tree peony on an unusual green ground, see R. L. Hobson, The Wares of the Ming Dynasty, London, 1923, p. 32, pl. 12