A FAMILLE ROSE 'GRASSHOPPER' PORCELAIN BOTTLE

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A FAMILLE ROSE 'GRASSHOPPER' PORCELAIN BOTTLE
DAOGUANG IRON-RED FOUR CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE ON THE BASE AND OF THE PERIOD

Of flattened pear shape, delicately painted on each side with a brightly enameled grasshopper--3in. (7.6cm.) high, stopper

Lot Essay

For another Daoguang example of rounded shape see Christie's, New York, December 2, 1993, lot 455. For others see Sotheby's, Hong Kong, October 28, 1992, lot 462; Hugh M. Moss, Snuff Bottles of China, London, 1971, pp. 130-131, pl. 318; and The Au Hang Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Hong Kong, 1993, pp. 208-209, no. 282