A Blue and White Octagonal Porcelain Bottle
A Blue and White Octagonal Porcelain Bottle

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE, 1810-1900

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A Blue and White Octagonal Porcelain Bottle
Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue, 1810-1900
Of squat baluster shape, each facet painted with a lingzhi spray design, no stopper
2.1/8in. (5.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

For another example, see Sotheby's, London, The Collection of the Stone Picking Studio (Lai Shi Xuan), 21 June 1995, lot 155; and another illustrated by Hugh M. Moss, Snuff Bottles of China, London, 1971, pp. 132-133, no. 320. Another is illustrated by Au Hang, The Au Hang Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Hong Kong, 1993, pp. 196-197, no. 264; and another by Humphrey K. F. Hui and Christopher C. H. Sin, An Imperial Qing Tradition, Hong Kong, 1994, p. 32, no. 24

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