Lot 176
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ANOTHER PROPERTY
A FINE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BOTTLE

Details
A FINE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BOTTLE
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD

Of ovoid shape, painted with five iron-red bats flying above a continuous ground of densely packed gourds, foliage and flowers in predominantly lime-green, yellow and pink enamels--2 5/16in. (5.8cm.) high, stopper

Lot Essay

For a gourd-shaped example in enamel painted with bats, gourds and tendrils on a yellow ground and bearing a Yongzheng mark see Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles, Masterpieces from the Rietberg Museum Zurich, pp. 16-17, no. 2