A VERY RARE YIXING PEACH-FORM BOTTLE

1800-1880

Details

A VERY RARE YIXING PEACH-FORM BOTTLE
1800-1880
Of flattened peach form, the stoneware of characteristic chocolate- brown color, the reverse impressed near the neck with a seal reading Qingshan (Green Mountain), original stopper
2 5/8in. (6.3cm.) high

Provenance

Alice B. McReynolds Collection, New York.

Exhibited

Chinese Snuff Bottles, Taipei Gallery, New York, October 1993.

Lot Essay

Qingshan is not a name that has been recorded as a maker of Yixing wares, and whoever made this peach was a master of his craft. The dragons surrounding the seal suggest that it might have been a seal for a member of the Imperial family, or received as a high honor from such a person, and it may identify the owner of the bottle rather than its maker.

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