JINGDEZHEN KILNS, SIGNED CHEN GUOZHI, 1820-1860

The inscription can be translated as, "With this short flute producing hardly a tune, blowing and humming randomly I pass the dune."

For a similar porcelain bottle signed Chen Guozhi see The Joe Grimberg Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Sotheby’s New York, 14 September 2010, lot 126.