BOTTLE, IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, JIAQING FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)

Bottles made from this popular and similar Jiaqing-period molds can be found in monochrome enamels and a series of famille rose versions. For a similar Jiaqing-marked example and another Jiaqing-marked bottle covered overall in iron-red enamel, see Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 6, Part 2, Arts of the Fire, Hong Kong, 2008, pp. 467-9, nos. 1209 and 1210, where other examples are cited. A further example was sold at Bonhams New York, 20 March 2012, lot 3.