Lot Essay
For the Beijing precursor of this type of bottle see Robert W.L. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles form the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, p. 3, pl. 2 and p. 6, pl. 5
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A FINE FAMILLE ROSE EUROPEAN-SUBJECT CANTON ENAMEL BOTTLE
QIANLONG BLUE ENAMEL FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND LATE IN THE PERIOD
Of rounded moon-flask shape, painted in bright enamels with two European ladies seated in a landscape with European bulidings in the distance, the other side with a lady and young daughter in a similar landscape with a rotunda in the distance, both scenes within a floral scrolling cartouch on a pale purple ground between pale blue bands with dots at the neck and mouth, stopper
QIANLONG BLUE ENAMEL FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND LATE IN THE PERIOD
Of rounded moon-flask shape, painted in bright enamels with two European ladies seated in a landscape with European bulidings in the distance, the other side with a lady and young daughter in a similar landscape with a rotunda in the distance, both scenes within a floral scrolling cartouch on a pale purple ground between pale blue bands with dots at the neck and mouth, stopper