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TWO PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
1770-1870
The first, 1770-1810, is of ovoid form and is molded with a writhing dragon grasping a sinuous branch of lingzhi in its mouth and hind paw. The design is picked out in blue enamel. The second, 1820-1870, is of tall cylindrical form and painted in underglaze copper red with a tranquil scene of a lone fisherman on a rocky riverbank with a small hut in the distance. Together with three miniature porcelain snuff bottles, 1750-1860, comprising an ovoid bottle covered in a green glaze, an aubergine-glazed fruit-form bottle, and an underglaze-blue leaf-form bottle.
2 3/8 and 3 1/8 in. high, (6.1 and 8 cm.), lapis lazuli and jadeite stoppers (4)
1770-1870
The first, 1770-1810, is of ovoid form and is molded with a writhing dragon grasping a sinuous branch of lingzhi in its mouth and hind paw. The design is picked out in blue enamel. The second, 1820-1870, is of tall cylindrical form and painted in underglaze copper red with a tranquil scene of a lone fisherman on a rocky riverbank with a small hut in the distance. Together with three miniature porcelain snuff bottles, 1750-1860, comprising an ovoid bottle covered in a green glaze, an aubergine-glazed fruit-form bottle, and an underglaze-blue leaf-form bottle.
2 3/8 and 3 1/8 in. high, (6.1 and 8 cm.), lapis lazuli and jadeite stoppers (4)
Provenance
Bottle with dragon: gift from aunt, 1981.
Cylindrical bottle: Hugh Moss, London, 1984.
Miniature bottles: Christie's New York, 29 November 1981, lot 241.
Cylindrical bottle: Hugh Moss, London, 1984.
Miniature bottles: Christie's New York, 29 November 1981, lot 241.
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