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A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMEL ON GILT-COPPER ‘FLORAL’ SNUFF BOTTLE
Imperial, Beijing Palace Workshops, Qianlong four-character mark and of the period, 1750-1795
Of small ovoid form, with a waisted neck, exposed gilt copper mouth and foot rims, delicately
painted beneath a collar of flowers and lingzhi heads, depicting a pleasant garden with a
wutong tree, chrysanthemum, daisy, and a large peony blossom rising behind perforated
rocks, with butterflies hovering around, the background with numerous stippling in blue and
rose colorations, the raised oval foot inscribed with the four-character mark in blue regular
script against a white enameled ground; gilt metal stopper en suite.
1 15/16in (4.9cm) high
$20,000 - 30,000
1750-1795年 御製 北京 乾隆四字款 銅胎畫琺瑯花卉圖鼻煙壺
As discussed by Robert Kleiner, “there was a distinctive difference in the quality of items
made for the palace and those made for trade. Items made for the palace tended to be in
the accepted palace style. Thus, with regard to enamels, the painting was executed using a
minute stipple, as in the palace workshops, rather than using the broad wash strokes more
characteristic of (and much easier to do than) the work of Guangzhou”, Chinese Snuff Bottles,
New York, 1994, p. 18.

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