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1099 2000
An enamel on copper ‘dragon’ snuff bottle An enamel on copper snuff bottle
Probably Imperial, Palace Workshops, Guangzhou. 1720-1750 Qianlong mark and of the period
Very well-hollowed, the elongated ovoid bottle with a spreading neck, Well-hollowed, of flattened pear shape on a raised, slightly inverted
thin lip, raised oval foot, painted in enamels on a blue ground with two foot, painted in pleasant-colored enamels with a conforming reserve to
dynamic dragons amid cloud scrolls to the front and back, one with its either of its main side, framing figures in a landscape, against a yellow
mouth wide open, revealing sharp teeth, the other with a raised head enameled ground filled with puce stippling in addition to leafy flower
and breathing out a flaming pearl. blossoms to the narrow sides, the base with the four-character mark
2 7/8in (7.3cm) high in regular script on white enamel.
$5,000 - 7,000 1 7/8in (4.9cm) high
$4,000 - 6,000
Provenance
Robert Kleiner, Hong Kong convention, October 1996 Provenance
the Asian Art Studio, Inc., 2010
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