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*66 PROVENANCE:
A VERY RARE AND FINELY ENAMELLED GLASS ‘QUAILS’ SNUFF Acquired from the International Chinese Snuf Bottle Society Convention,
BOTTLE Portland, Oregon, on 16 October 2012.
IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, QIANLONG FOUR- With Robert Kleiner, London.
CHARACTER MARK IN BLUE ENAMEL AND OF THE PERIOD From the collection of Margaret Kaufman.
(1736-1795) The collection of an important private Asian collector.
清乾隆 御製料胎畫琺瑯歲歲平安鼻煙壺 來源: 於2002年10月16日購自美國俄勒岡州舉行的國
「乾隆年製」楷書款 際鼻煙壺協會展；倫敦古董商Robert Kleiner； Margaret
Kaufman私人舊藏；亞洲重要私人珍藏
The exterior of the bottle is exquisitely decorated with a continuous scene
depicting fve quails amidst colourful leafy sprays of peony and millet, below
a blue ruyi border to the shoulder and a band of ruby scrolls encircling the
neck. The bottle is supported on a short ring foot. The gilt-metal stopper is
decorated with a stylised dragon design.
1æ in. (4.5 cm.) high, stopper
£30,000-50,000 $46,000-76,000
€41,000-68,000
(mark)
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