A YIXING STONEWARE AND ENAMEL BOTTLE

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A YIXING STONEWARE AND ENAMEL BOTTLE
SIGNED SHITIAN AND CYCLICAL DATE JIAWU, CORRESPONDING TO 1834

OF FLATTENED OVOID SHAPE, PAINTED IN GREEN ENAMEL AND WHITE SLIP WITH TWO GEESE AMIDST REEDS AND BELOW AN ARTIST'S NAME, YIN BO, ON ONE SIDE, AND FURTHER INSCRIPTIONS ON THE REVERSE, THE FOOT WITH A TWO-CHARACTER SEAL MARK, MINUTE CHIPS, SOME WEAR, STOPPER

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ALBERT PYKE COLLECTION, LOS ANGELES

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THE INSCRIPTIONS ON THE REVERSE INCLUDE AN ARCHAIC SEAL SCRIPT (AS FOUND ON ARCHAIC BRONZES) AND THE NAME SHITIAN (FIRST NAME). IT IS DATED IN AN UNUSUAL SCRIPT TO JIAWU YEAR. THE SEAL ON THE BASE IS HARD TO READ BUT INCLUDES THE CHARACTER DE. YIN BO IS AN UNRECORDED ARTIST

FOR ANOTHER BOTTLE OF SIMILAR TYPE SEE SOTHEBY'S NEW YORK, FINE AND IMPORTANT CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES FROM THE COLLECTION OF BOB C. STEVENS, PART II, MARCH 26, 1982, LOT 68