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1007 1008

1007 1008
An enameled porcelain snuff bottle A molded and enameled porcelain snuff bottle
Daoguang period Daoguang mark and of the period
Well-hollowed, the ovoid form bottle finely painted on either side with The well-hollowed bottle of compressed globular form, with a waisted
a katydid, the enamels in green and purple with iron red and black neck, gilt-painted flat lip, molded around the sides with a five-clawed
penciled details. dragon pursuing a flaming pearl, strikingly picked out in green enamel
2 3/8in (6cm) high against a white ground, with penciled black and white-enameled
$1,500 - 2,500 details, the recessed base with the four-character mark in iron-red.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) high
Provenance $4,000 - 6,000
Dennis Crow
Provenance
Exhibited Christie’s, London, 12 October 1987, lot 127
Norton Museum of Art, September-November 1997 The Edmund Dwyer collection

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