A FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BOTTLE

DAOGUANG

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A FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BOTTLE
Daoguang
Of rounded spade shape, delicately painted in pastel enamels with a continuous river landscape scene with a scholar ferried on a boat downstream, holding a parasol above his head to protect him from the elements and passing a wind-tossed willow, two further craft on the reverse, stopper
2 3/8in. (6cm.) high

Lot Essay

For a very similar Daoguang-marked famille rose bottle, see Hugh M. Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles, Catalogue, June 1970, p. 68, no. 277. For another unmarked example painted in underglaze copper-red and blue, see Chinese Snuff Bottles, Hong Kong Museum of Art, October - November, 1977, Catalogue, p. 49 and pl. 82