Lot Essay
For a related example, with differing ground tones, from the J & J Collection see Moss, Graham, Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J&J Collection, New York, 1993, Volume II, p. 444, no. 266.
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1760-1820
Details
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1820
The bottle is decorated on each flat side with a shou character encircled by foliated dragons reserved on a blue ground within an octalobed panel surrounded by foliate sprays, and on the narrow sides with foliate motifs on a red band, all below ruyi and key-fret borders above.
2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) high, original cloisonné enamel stopper
1760-1820
The bottle is decorated on each flat side with a shou character encircled by foliated dragons reserved on a blue ground within an octalobed panel surrounded by foliate sprays, and on the narrow sides with foliate motifs on a red band, all below ruyi and key-fret borders above.
2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) high, original cloisonné enamel stopper
Provenance
Robert Hall, London, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1621.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1621.
Exhibited
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.