A VERY RARE FAMILLE ROSE MOLDED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE

IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, JIAQING PERIOD (1796-1820)

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A VERY RARE FAMILLE ROSE MOLDED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, JIAQING PERIOD (1796-1820)
Crisply and deeply molded on one side with Shoulao holding a peach while standing atop billowing clouds reserved on a ground of crashing waves as he looks up at a bat in flight above a crane standing atop a single cloud, the other side similarly molded with two further immortals, both scenes framed by bats with conjoined wings picked out in blue enamel, all reserved on the coral-red ground molded on the narrow sides and neck with the anbaxian, the mouth rim gilded, bronze stopper with coral finial
2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high

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Compare the almost identical Jiaqing-marked bottle illustrated in Chinese Snuff Bottles, A Miniature Art from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1994, p. 221, no. 162, and later sold at Bonham's, Hong Kong, 25 May 2011, lot 77.

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