Lot Essay
For another molded fish bottle of slightly later production see Hugh Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of the Rt. Hon. The Marquess of Exeter, K.C.M.G, p. 38, fig. C.34
Details
AN ENAMELED MOLDED PORCELAIN BOTTLE
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Molded on each side with a wide-eyed long-tailed fish, one painted with yellow and pink body and iron-red and gilt tail, the other with that combination in reverse, dividing molded mask handles unusually modeled facing upwards, small foot ring crack, stopper
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Molded on each side with a wide-eyed long-tailed fish, one painted with yellow and pink body and iron-red and gilt tail, the other with that combination in reverse, dividing molded mask handles unusually modeled facing upwards, small foot ring crack, stopper
Provenance
Mrs. Elmer A. Claar, Chicago
Sold Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, May 12, 1970 (Part Three), lot 472
Sold Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, May 12, 1970 (Part Three), lot 472