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Four porcelain snuff bottles Two porcelain bottles
1780-1850 19th century
Including a well-potted baluster form bottle painted in underglaze blue Both thinly potted, the first an elongated ovoid bottle with a cylindrical
depicting a hermit fishing at the bank of an immense lake surrounding neck, rounded lip, recessed foot, carved in low relief portraying a
secluded houses nestled in the shade of lush trees, with mountains in fisherman in a boat floating in a river surrounded by sloping hills and
the distant skyline; three copper-red and underglaze blue decorated soaring mountains with sparse trees and foliage, the exterior surfaces
bottles, two of simple cylindrical form, one painted with an amusing covered entirely with lemon-yellow glaze except the circular foot pad;
moment of a fisherman trying to catch his hat taken by a crane, the the second a rounded rectangular bottle rested upon an oval foot ring,
other depicting theatrical scenes of figures in a landscape setting, its subtly waisted neck decorated with a ruyi-collar band, each of the
the third an ovoid bottle decorated with an episodic scene of figures main sides molded with a split-tailed chilong striding through clouds
battling at an elaborate manor compound. painted in green enamel with black penciled details, separated by faux
2 1/2 to 3in (6.4 to 7.6cm) high stylized handles heightened in deep tan enamel, all against a lemon-
$2,000 - 3,000 yellow ground.
3 and 2 9/16in (7.6 and 6.5cm) high
Provenance $1,500 - 2,000
the Bentley Collection, U.K.
Chinese Arts and Crafts, kowloon, 1978 Provenance:
(left) The Bentley Collection, U.K.
Published Sotheby’s, Sussex, 25 June 1991, lot 232
The Bentley Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Asian Art Studio, Inc., the Arthur Gadsby Collection
2008, pp. 97-98 (right) The Bentley Collection, U.K.
C.Y. Tse, Hong Kong, 1987

Published
(left)
The Bentley Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Asian Art Studio, Inc.,
2008, p. 103
(right)
The Bentley Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Asian Art Studio, Inc.,
2008, p. 101

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