AN EXTREMELY RARE IMPERIAL ENAMELLED PORCELAIN BOTTLE

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AN EXTREMELY RARE IMPERIAL ENAMELLED PORCELAIN BOTTLE
QIANLONG BLACK ENAMEL FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN A SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD, THE PORCELAIN JINGDEZHEN KILNS, THE PAINTING POSSIBLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING

Of gourd shape, molded in low relief with small gourds and vine tendrils around the body, the gourds painted yellow, the vines in shades of green and yellow with details picked out in black, all on a dense gilt scrolling ground, two small simple handles at the shoulder modelled as branches, the foot a shallow concave depression, natural pearl stopper

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There appear to be only seven recorded examples of this bottle. The other bottles are located in The Percival David Foundation, London, see Ch'ing Enamelled Wares, Catalogue, no. 836; The Mary and George Bloch Collection, see Robert W.L. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, p. 163, no. 220, (formerly in the Eric Young Collection); The Julie and James Li Collection, see Hugh Moss, Victor E. Graham, Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, 1993, pp. , no. 231; Zhonguo Biyanhu Zhengshang, no. 122; Zhu Peichu and Xiz Gengi, Biyenhu Shihua, pl. 51 from the Imperial Collection; another advertised by Y.F. Yang & Co., see The International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, Journal, Autumn, 1993; and the present lot.
For further discussion of this group see Robert W.L. Kleiner, ibid, P. 163 and Hugh Moss, Victor E. Graham, Ka Bo Tsang, ibid, pp. .