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9069
AN ENAMELED PORCELAIN ‘KATYDID’
SNUFF BOTTLE
Imperial, Jingdezhen kilns, Daoguang mark
and of the period 1821-1850
The carefully potted rounded bottle with
a short waisted neck, very slightly convex
lip, painted on either side with a katydid,
the enamels in green and yellow with black
penciled details, the finely finished foot ring
with unglazed foot pad, enclosing the four-
character mark in iron-red.
2 1/8in (5.4cm) high
US$3,000 - 5,000
1821-1850 清道光 御製瓷胎施彩蟈蟈鼻煙壺
《道光年製》礬紅篆書款
9069 (two views)
9070
A MOLDED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
Qianlong mark, Jingdezhen kilns, 1800-1880
Of compressed form, with a flat gilt lip and
recessed foot, the body molded with a
continuous design of a dragon chasing a
flaming pearl amid formalized clouds in iron-
red with gilding, bearing a four-character
Qianlong mark to the foot.
2 1/4in (5.7 cm) high
US$4,000 - 6,000
A similarly molded snuff bottle in polychrome
enamels rather than iron red was sold in
these rooms 20 March 2012, lot 50. Several
bottles of this type bear a Guanyao Neizao
(Made in the Imperial Kilns) mark, a innocuous
yet vague reference to imperial aegis, albeit
without naming a specific emperor. It is
theorized these bottles were produced during
the Taiping Rebellion, with the ambiguous
mark testifying to uncertain times.
乾隆款 1800-1880 模製瓷胎礬紅’單龍戲珠’
鼻煙壺
9070 (two views)
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