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A Canton enamel snuff bottle                                             A Canton enamel snuff bottle
Qianlong mark, 19th century                                              Qianlong mark
The ovoid body raised on an oval foot ring and tapering to a narrow      Enamel on copper, of compressed form, with an elongated neck and
mouth, elegantly enameled with a foreign couple seated with their hound  flat round lip and flat oval foot rim, the body painted with a continuous
under a pine, reversed by two gentlemen in conversation in a landscape   scene of boys at play, bearing a four character Qianlong mark in iron red
setting, the scenes enclosed by a lotus band.                            standard script on the white enameled foot.
2in (5.1cm) high                                                         2in (5cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000                                                           $1,200 - 1,800

Provenance:                                                              Provenance:
Rare Art Inc., 1975                                                      Mr. Ma, Hong Kong, 1955

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