THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A RARE ENAMELLED FIGURAL PORCELAIN BOTTLE

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A RARE ENAMELLED FIGURAL PORCELAIN BOTTLE
19TH CENTURY

Molded as the Daoist immortal Li Taigui, a staff at his front and a gourd tied at his back, painted in very fine details to the face,
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Lot Essay

It seems that this model of bottle can be found with varying degrees of success in the painting. They, therefore, must have been workshop production pieces with artists ranging in skills. For another example with less fine details, see Sotheby's Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Arthur Gadsby, May 2, 1991, lot 130

For another with less fine face but finer details to the robes, see Robert W.L. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of John Ault, fig. 136; and another see Bob C. Stevens, The Collectors Book of Snuff Bottles, no. 317