A MOULDED AND ENAMELLED SQUIRREL-FORM PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
A MOULDED AND ENAMELLED SQUIRREL-FORM PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE

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A MOULDED AND ENAMELLED SQUIRREL-FORM PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
1850-1940

Well modelled in the round and enamelled in vivid colours as a squirrel grasping onto a branch of fruiting grape vine, stopper
3 3/16 in. (8.02 cm.) long
Provenance
Ambassador T. T. Li, Shanghai, before 1939
Literature
Moss et. al., The Art ot the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, vol. 1, no. 244
The Art of Chinese Snuff Bottle, Poly Art Museum, Beijing, p. 93
Exhibited
Havana, Cuba, 1945
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile, 1968
Christie's New York, 1993
Empress Place Museum, Singapore, 1994
Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, 1996-1997
Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1997
Naples Museum of Art, Florida, 2001 - 2002
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Oregon, 2002
National Museum of History, Taipei, 2002
International Asian Art Fair, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, 2003
Poly Art Museum, Beijing, 2003

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