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A MOULDED AND RETICULATED WHITE ENAMELLED The Legend of the White Snake appears on a number of bottles,
‘BUDDHIST LIONS’ SNUFF BOTTLE from several different moulds, and in different sizes. This is among
Iron red Jiaqing seal mark and of the period the smaller examples. Others apparently from this mould can be
Decorated in relief with numerous Buddhist lions playing with found in Hall 1991, no. 69, and in Hui and Sin 1994, no. 30. See
beribonned brocade balls amongst cloud scrolls, within ruyi head also, ‘Chinese Snuff Bottles in The Collection of Mary and George
borders and a key-fret band at the neck, with box. Bloch, Robert Kleiner, no. 210, pp.324-325; a white-glazed version is
6.5cm (2 5/8in) high (2). in the Walters Collection, which was formed in the 1870s and 1880s
(Bushell 1980, p. 99, fig 135 [2]).
£600 - 800 See an example sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 25 May 2011, Lot 91.
Also an example in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Accession
HK$5,100 - 6,800 Number:1882-1003
CNY4,600 - 6,200
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TWO FAMILLE ROSE MOULDED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES FOUR VARIOUS PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
18th/19th and 19th century 18th/19th century, one with Tongzhi seal mark and of the period
The first depicting a scene from ‘The Legend of the White Snake’, Comprising: a compressed rounded bottle, painted and gilt with a
Jiaqing seal mark and of the period; the second relief decorated with scene of ladies and gentleman before a pavilion overlooking a boat
a continuous scene of Immortals amongst polychrome cloud scrolls, party of lotus gatherers, iron red Tongzhi seal mark; a narrative scene
apocryphal Qianlong seal mark. bottle and stopper with a lady and gentleman in an interior and a river
The tallest 6cm (2 3/8in) high (4). landscape scene to the reverse; a flattened double gourd form bottle
with figural panels, Qianlong seal mark; and a small cylindrical bottle,
£600 - 800 three boxes.
The tallest: 7.5cm (3in) high (8).
HK$5,100 - 6,800
CNY4,600 - 6,200
£800 - 1,200
HK$6,800 - 10,000
CNY6,200 - 9,300

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