Lot Essay
For a very similar bottle see John Gilmore Ford, Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Edward Choate O'Dell Collection, 1982, Catalogue, no. 173, pp. 68-69
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A SEPIA AND BLACK ENAMELED CYLINDRICAL PORCELAIN BOTTLE
DAOGUANG IRON-RED FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Painted in sepia in a continuous scene around the body with a scholar riding his mule over a bridge with his attendants in tow near a building below willow, all reserve-decorated on a black enameled ground, stopper
DAOGUANG IRON-RED FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Painted in sepia in a continuous scene around the body with a scholar riding his mule over a bridge with his attendants in tow near a building below willow, all reserve-decorated on a black enameled ground, stopper