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JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1830-1896
Details
TWO PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1830-1896
The first bottle, Qianjiang School, dated 1896, is decorated in polychrome enamels on one side with a woman at a window, the reverse with an inscription referring to the scene depicted and dated to the winter of 1896 and signed by Hu Pinsan. The second, 1830-1890, is decorated in iron-red enamels with five Buddhist lions, and the base has a four-character inscription reading wu shi tong ju, ('five generations under the same roof').
2 3/8 and 3 1/8 in. (6 and 8 cm.) high, glass and quartz stoppers
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1830-1896
The first bottle, Qianjiang School, dated 1896, is decorated in polychrome enamels on one side with a woman at a window, the reverse with an inscription referring to the scene depicted and dated to the winter of 1896 and signed by Hu Pinsan. The second, 1830-1890, is decorated in iron-red enamels with five Buddhist lions, and the base has a four-character inscription reading wu shi tong ju, ('five generations under the same roof').
2 3/8 and 3 1/8 in. (6 and 8 cm.) high, glass and quartz stoppers
Provenance
The first bottle:
John Ault Collection, Bangkok.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5253.
The second bottle:
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2003.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3795.
John Ault Collection, Bangkok.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5253.
The second bottle:
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2003.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3795.
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