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FIVE FAMILLE-ROSE ‘DOG’ SNUFF PROPERTY FROM A NORTH AMERICAN PROPERTY FROM A NORTH AMERICAN
BOTTLES PRIVATE COLLECTION PRIVATE COLLECTION
DAOGUANG SEAL MARKS AND TWO RELIEF-CARVED AGATE A ‘SUZHOU’ AGATE INSCRIBED
PERIOD ‘ANIMAL’ SNUFF BOTTLES ‘MENG HAORAN’ SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH QING DYNASTY, EARLY 19TH
four with doves enameled to the reverse,
stoppers (10) CENTURY CENTURY
Height of tallest 2⅝ in., 6.8 cm
with stoppers (4) with stopper (2)
PROVENANCE Height of taller 2⅝ in., 6.7 cm Height 2 in., 5 cm
Florida Private Collection. $ 6,000-8,000 $ 6,000-8,000
The subject is one of the most popular in the 清十八 / 十九世紀 瑪瑙浮雕鼻煙壺兩件 清十九世紀初 瑪瑙巧雕踏雪尋梅圖鼻
Daoguang period, where it also appears on
porcelain bottles in famille-rose enamels. It 煙壺
is recorded that the Daoguang emperor was
a breeder of pigeons and that his favored
concubine was fond of small dogs.
$ 5,000-7,000
清道光 粉彩瑞犬圖鼻煙壺五件
《大清道光年製》款

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