IMPERIAL, GUANGZHOU WORKSHOPS, YONGZHENG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A VERY RARE ENAMELED COPPER BOTTLE
Imperial, Guangzhou Workshops, Yongzheng four-character mark and of the period (1723-1735)
Of flattened ovoid form, vigorously painted with two lively, sinuous four-clawed dragons in flight, one with red scales, the other with green scales and clutching a flaming pearl, all amidst swirling blue clouds set against a rich yellow ground, the four-charactor mark on the rounded base written within a beribboned emblem
2¾in. (6.8cm.) high

Lot Essay

For two examples of enamled-copper bottles produced at the Guangzhou workshops, each bearing a similarly written four-character Yongzheng mark, see H. Moss, V. Graham and K.B. Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle: The J & J Collection, Hong Kong, 1993, vol. 1, pp. 296-297, no. 179, and R. Kleiner, Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect: Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Denis Low, Singapore, 1999, pp. 8-9, no. 6.

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