Lot Essay
This is an extremely rare Yixing bottle, in color combination, form and subject.
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1780-1850
Details
AN ENAMELED YIXING SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1850
The bottle is of faceted, tapering rectangular form surmounted by a cylindrical neck. Each side is decorated with a stylized shou character in pale greyish-blue and dark blue enamels.
1¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high, glass stopper, bone spoon
1780-1850
The bottle is of faceted, tapering rectangular form surmounted by a cylindrical neck. Each side is decorated with a stylized shou character in pale greyish-blue and dark blue enamels.
1¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high, glass stopper, bone spoon
Provenance
Bob Stevens Collection (Part II); Sotheby Parke Bernet New York, 26 March 1982, lot 73.
Exhibited
Exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Bob C. Stevens Collection, Mikimoto Hall, Tokyo, October 1978, p. 43, no. 87.
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