Lot Essay
For similar examples see Hugh M. Moss, Snuff Bottles of China, pp.128-129, pl. 12A, no. 307; and Robert Kleiner, The Bellis Collection, Catalogue, no. 59
For a similar bottle painted with doves or pigeons on both sides and a discussion of a group of similar bottles bearing Yongle tang zhi marks see Christie's, New York, The Reif Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, October 18, 1993, lot 1; and Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, p. 378, no. 220
For a similar bottle painted with doves or pigeons on both sides and a discussion of a group of similar bottles bearing Yongle tang zhi marks see Christie's, New York, The Reif Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, October 18, 1993, lot 1; and Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, p. 378, no. 220