IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD, 1770-1795

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A VERY RARE FAMILLE ROSE MOLDED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD, 1770-1795
The baluster-form bottle is crisply molded with six vertical ogival panels containing formalized floral designs. A band of lotus petals encircles the shoulders beneath a band of raised bosses and a gilt band of leiwen around the neck. All of the raised decoration is delicately picked out in famille rose enamels and reserved on a finely granulated, gilt ground.
2 in. (5 cm.) high, jadeite stopper

Provenance

Private French collection, acquired before 1970.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Compare two Qianlong-marked famille rose porcelain bottles of very similar form and decoration in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 47 - Snuff Bottles, Hong Kong, 2003, pp. 196-7, nos. 306-7. See, also, the Qianlong-marked green glass bottle of this form and decoration illustrated by H. Moss, V. Graham, K.B. Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 5, Part 2, Glass, pp. 365-7, no. 840.

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