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IMPERIAL PALACE WORKSHOP, BEIJING, 1770-1790
Details
A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELLED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL PALACE WORKSHOP, BEIJING, 1770-1790
The bottle is finely decorated in famille rose enamels with a garden scene of rocks, bamboo, a blossoming prunus tree and chrysanthemums, all below a band of stylised flowers and foliage to the neck.
1 ¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high
IMPERIAL PALACE WORKSHOP, BEIJING, 1770-1790
The bottle is finely decorated in famille rose enamels with a garden scene of rocks, bamboo, a blossoming prunus tree and chrysanthemums, all below a band of stylised flowers and foliage to the neck.
1 ¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's London, 16 December 1983, lot 820.
With Robert Hall, 1984.
Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection: Part IV; Bonhams Hong Kong, 28 November 2011, lot 146.
Property from a Princely Collection.
With Robert Hall, 1984.
Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection: Part IV; Bonhams Hong Kong, 28 November 2011, lot 146.
Property from a Princely Collection.
Literature
R. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, Hong Kong, no. 17.
Journal of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, Spring 2006, p. 34, fig. 34, second from top.
Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 6, Hong Kong, no. 1099.
Journal of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, Spring 2006, p. 34, fig. 34, second from top.
Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 6, Hong Kong, no. 1099.
Exhibited
London, Sydney L. Moss Ltd., An Exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, October 1987; later travelled to Vienna, Creditanstalt, May-June 1993.
Special notice
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