VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A ROBIN'S-EGG GLAZED PORCELAIN BOTTLE

Details
A ROBIN'S-EGG GLAZED PORCELAIN BOTTLE
JING WEI TANG THREE-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE, 1780-1850
Of flattened pear shape, with an even purplish-lavender glaze pulling at the foot--2 5/8in. (6.7cm.) high, stopper

Lot Essay

The hallmark can be translated as, 'The Hall of Respectful Awe'

For a gourd-shaped example see Chinese Snuff Bottles, A Miniature Art from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1994, p. 237, no. 178