Lot 34
34
A MOLDED PORCELAIN LIME-GREEN-GLAZED BOTTLE

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A MOLDED PORCELAIN LIME-GREEN-GLAZED BOTTLE
WANG BINGRONG RAISED MARK, 1820-1860

Of flattened pear shape, delicately molded with a crane standing on the branches of an old pine tree, its legs and beak highlighted in black and the comb in pink, the pine branches continuing on the reverse, small chip to bird's foot, stopper

Lot Essay

For an almost identical example in mirror image see Bob S. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, fig. 291, and sold Sotheby's New York, Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Bob C. Stevens, Part III, June 25, 1982, lot 68

For another see Sotheby's Hong Kong, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Kaynes-Klitz Collection, Part II, October 30, 1990, lot 105