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An enameled Yixing snuff bottle
1800-1880
Well-potted, of flattened ovoid form with a spreading neck, flat lip,
oval foot ring, painted on the smooth brown ground in light-colored
enamels to one side with blooming prunus branches and a flopping
magpie, the reverse enameled in purplish-blue with elegant bamboo,
the recessed foot covered with a layer of white enamel.
2 3/8in (6cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000
Provenance
Robert Hall, Boston Convention, October 2008
宜興紫砂畫琺瑯雅竹美梅鼻煙壺
1025
An enameled Yixing snuff bottle
Probably Daoguang period
Of tapering hexagonal form with a cylindrical neck, flat lip, circular foot
ring, painted in pleasant enamels and penciled black on a cobalt blue
ground depicting two magpies and flowering prunus branches.
2 9/16in (6.6cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000
Provenance 1025
Robert Hall, California, April 2009
Compare a very similar snuff bottle, dated 1820-1860, sold by
Sotheby’s, New York, 23 March 2004, sale 7974, lot 279.
掛藍釉宜興紫砂畫琺瑯喜上眉梢鼻煙壺
Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Barbara and Marvin Dicker | 25
