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A FAMILLE ROSE ELEPHANT-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE
38 | BONHAMS Likely Imperial, Jingdezhen kilns, 1780-1830
Modeled as a recumbent, caparisoned elephant, bearing a zun form
vase, the body with famille rose enamels, the lip of the vase gilded.
1 3/8in (3.5cm) high
$1,500 - 2,500

1780-1830年 可能為御製 景德鎮窯 粉彩太平有象鼻煙壺一對

A similarly painted bottle, likely from the same mold, is illustrated by
Michael Hughes, The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin: Chinese Snuff
Bottles, p. 320, no 251.

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE LAS VEGAS COLLECTION

8041Y
A MOLDED AND FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED PORCELAIN
SNUFF BOTTLE
Daoguang seal mark
The well-potted bottle with a very slightly waisted neck, rounded
concave lip, its shoulders flanked with two molded faux lion mask-
and-ring handles framing similarly painted scenes to the front and
verso, each depicting the amiable longevity immortal holding his staff
and peach, and a young boy playing with a dog at a charming garden,
all worked with pleasant, soft-hued enamels with some gilt highlight,
the oval foot ring encircling the four-character mark in seal script.
2 1/8in (5.4cm) high
$1,500 - 2,500

道光款 瓷模粉彩仙人童子鼻煙壺