QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A CARVED INSCRIBED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each of the eight fluted sides incised with a seven-character inscription below a ruyi cloud collar at the shoulder suspending pendent beads, and above lotus lappets around the tapered base, the waisted neck with a flower-head border, the translucent material well hollowed, and with stopper.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high., box

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Lot Essay

Compare to two similar Qianlong-marked examples, one sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 May 1994, lot 983, and another slimmer example sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 April 2001, lot 761. A third smaller example (5.5 cm.) is illustrated in Chinese Snuff Bottles: A Miniature Art from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, p. 275, no. 216; where it cites the motifs of ruyi-heads, florettes on the neck and four-character seal mark on the base are all characteristics of Palace Workshop production.

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