Page 91 - The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part I

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318 The scene on this bottle most likely represents an episode from the Ming
A FAMILLE ROSE MOLDED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE dynasty tale Yuchai ji (‘Story of the Jade Hairpin’), where Daoist nun, Chen
IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN Miaochang, hires a boat to pursue her lover, Pan Bizheng.
IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
清道光
The body is molded in high relief with a continuous scene of fgures 御製模印粉彩「玉釵記」人物故事圖鼻煙壺
in boats, three fgures in a sampan on one side and two standing in a 礬紅六字篆書款
skiff on the reverse, the two scenes separated by willow trees growing
from rocks, and all against a ground of wind-tossed waves below (mark)
multi-colored clouds and a band of key fret on the neck.
2º in. (5.7 cm.) high, porcelain stopper

$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE:

Robert Hall, London, 2010.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5072.

LITERATURE:

Hugh M. Moss, Snuff Bottles of China, London, 1971, p. 127, no. 299.

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