A RARE PAINTED ENAMEL ‘LANDSCAPE’ SNUFF DISH
A RARE PAINTED ENAMEL ‘LANDSCAPE’ SNUFF DISH
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A RARE PAINTED ENAMEL ‘LANDSCAPE’ SNUFF DISH

IMPERIAL, BEIJING PALACE WORKSHOPS, QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN BLUE ENAMEL AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A RARE PAINTED ENAMEL ‘LANDSCAPE’ SNUFF DISH
IMPERIAL, BEIJING PALACE WORKSHOPS, QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN BLUE ENAMEL AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The interior is finely decorated in shades of puce with a riverscape, and the exterior has five flowerheads, all against a white ground.
1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Private collection, Connecticut.

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A Qianlong mark-and-period puce-enameled snuff dish decorated with a similar riverscape, but without a fisherman in a boat, was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 8 October 2020, lot 69. See, also, the Qianlong mark-and-period painted enamel snuff dish from the J & J Collection decorated with a riverscape in puce enamel sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 25, April, 2004, lot 837.

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