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A RARE ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, DAOGUANG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL
MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The bottle is decorated on one side with a scene of a seated scholar in a moored boat before
low hills and a large sun. The reverse is decorated with a young lady holding a basket with
a fsh beneath a willow tree, fanked by raised iron-red rectangular panels edged in gold on
the narrow sides.
2æ in. (6.6 cm.) high, glass stopper
$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE
Charles V. Swain, Pennsylvania.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4913.
清道光 御製粉彩人物圖鼻煙壺 礬紅四字篆書款
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