Lot Essay
For another bottle of identical shape with a similar dragon on a crackled white ground see Chinese Snuff Bottles, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 15 Oct-26 Nov, 1977, Catalogue, fig. 79
Details
A BLUE AND WHITE CAFE-AU-LAIT GROUND MOLDED CYLINDRICAL BOTTLE
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Well painted with a scaly five-clawed dragon grasping at a flaming pearl, the decoration painted over the lightly molded design and highlighted by the white halo of the porcelain on the cafe-au-lait ground, small base chip, stopper
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Well painted with a scaly five-clawed dragon grasping at a flaming pearl, the decoration painted over the lightly molded design and highlighted by the white halo of the porcelain on the cafe-au-lait ground, small base chip, stopper
Provenance
Albert Pyke Collection, Los Angeles