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•228 During the Qianlong period, under the directorship of Tang Ying
A FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE at Jingdezhen, a series of spectacular enameled porcelain snuf
IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, QIANLONG FOUR- bottles was produced in very small quantities for the Court. These
CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE set the standard for imperial production of porcelain snuf bottles
PERIOD (1760-1799) that continued into the Daoguang period, although stylistically the
The bottle is decorated on either side with multiple fowering plants, designs and forms changed considerably over the century of their
including multicolored cockscomb, set against a ground of iron-red production. This rare example demonstrates the strong infuence
foral scrolls and blossoms. of Tang Ying’s style and its quality of enameling.

2Ω in. (6.4 cm.) high, porcelain stopper A bottle with similar foral decoration and geometric foral side
bands was sold at Christie’s New York, Important Chinese Snuf
$15,000-20,000 Bottles From The J Collection, Part V, 17 September 2008, lot 72.
See, also, a set of ten Jiaqing mark-and-period Imperial porcelain
PROVENANCE bottles, also produced at Jingdezhen, illustrated in Snuf Bottles in
the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1991, no. 90.
Robert Hall, London, 1998.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, 清乾隆 御製粉彩開光花卉圖鼻煙壺 礬紅四字篆書款
no. 2713.

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