RARE TABATIERE EN GRES EMAILLE
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RARE TABATIERE EN GRES EMAILLE

CHINE, XIXEME SIECLE

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RARE TABATIERE EN GRES EMAILLE
CHINE, XIXEME SIECLE
De forme oblongue, en grès brun, rehaussée d'un décor émaillé vert sur une face, d'un grand pin et un poème ajouté en émail blanc, l'autre face orné d'une ancienne pièce de monnaie en émail vert à laquelle s'ajoute une inscription en émail blanc, la base portant un cachet moulé, le bouchon en tourmaline
Hauteur avec le bouchon: 8,1 cm. (3 3/16 in.)
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A RARE ENAMELLED STONEWARE SNUFF BOTTLE
CHINA, 19TH CENTURY

Lot Essay

On the side with the pine tree, the inscription may be translated as:
'Soaring into the skies ; Shi Tian Lun' (Hall of Antiques)
On the other side with the coin, the inscription may be translated as: 'Imitating on the right, the script on a Zhou dynasty five "zhu" coin ; Calligraphy by Buo Gu Tang' (The Hall of Archaism)

A similar bottle dated to 1816, formerly in the collection of B. C. Stevens is illustrated by R. R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far from the World, New York 1994, p.245, no.106.
See also another stoneware bottle belonging to the same group and sold in our New York Rooms, 20 September 2005, lot 434.

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