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THREE FAMILLE-ROSE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
1850-1900
The first of tapered cylindrical form, painted with Li Tieguai, his
gourd issuing five blessings in the form of bats, the recessed foot
stamped in iron-red with a four-character Qianlong mark; the second
flattened ovoid form, painted with a continuous scene of Zhongkui in
a procession with his demons, the concave base with a four-character
Qianlong seal mark in iron-red; the third of bulging cylindrical form,
painted with two female musicians in an interior setting.
3 1/8in (8cm) high, the tallest
$1,200 - 1,500

1800-1900年 粉彩人物鼻煙壺三件

Provenance
The Li Tieguai bottle: acquired in Paris, 1972
The Zhongkui bottle: acquired in Hawaii, 1994
The musicians bottle: Sotheby’s Parke Bernet, 1981
169
A FAMILLE-ROSE PORCELAIN ‘BUTTERFLIES’ SNUFF BOTTLE
1820-1850
Made in the shape of a flattened melon, painted on each side with
butterflies and leafy vines bearing ripe balsam pears split open to
reveal the red flesh within.
2 1/2in (6.3cm) long

$2,000 - 3,000
1820-1850年 粉彩瓜瓞綿綿紋鼻煙壺

Provenance
169 Vanessa Holden, 2002

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