A RARE BLUE AND RUBY ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE

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A RARE BLUE AND RUBY ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN, 1770-1830
Decorated with a continuous scene of a blue-enameled five-clawed dragon writhing amidst ruby-enameled formalized clouds, in pursuit of a flaming pearl, stopper
2 9/16 in. (6.55 cm.) high

Provenance

Edward Chow
Sotheby's London, 9 June 1981, lot 118
Hugh M. Moss Ltd.

Literature

Moss et. al., The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J&J Collection, vol. 1, no. 214

Exhibited

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, 2002
Portland Museum of Art, Oregon, 2002
National Museum of History, Taipei, 2002
International Asian Art Fair, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, 2003
Poly Art Museum, Beijing, 2003

Lot Essay

A similar bottle in the Hong Kong Museum of Art is illustrated in Snuff Bottles of the Ch'ing Dynasty, no. 114. Two other examples decorated entirely in ruby enamel, have been published: one offered by Butterfield and Butterfield, 7 November 1991, lot 969; and the other illustrated in Zhongguo Biyanhu Zhenshang, no. 125.

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