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AN EXTREMELY RARE IMPERIAL RUBY-GROUND FALANGCAI
'DOUBLE-GOURD' SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL PALACE WORKSHOPS
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN BLUE ENAMEL AND OF
THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The snuf bottle is exquisitely enamelled with sprays of nandina, aster and
peach blossom set against a dark ruby ground base, detailed with a sash tied
around the waist. The reverse is decorated with a curling leafy vine bearing
fowers and extending from the mouth rim. The mouth and foot rims are
highlighted in gilt, and the recessed base is inscribed in blue enamel with the
four-character reign mark.
3 º in. (8.3 cm.) high
£80,000–120,000 $110,000–160,000
€90,000–130,000
清乾隆 御製胭脂紅地琺瑯彩花果圖繫帶葫蘆鼻煙壺
藍料「乾隆年製」楷書款
(mark)
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