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6004
AN ENAMELED AND INCISED
PORCELAIN ‘DRAGON’ SNUFF BOTTLE
1820-1900
Of rounded rectangular form, its cylindrical
neck incised with a key-fret band, slightly
convex lip, glazed interior, painted around
the side walls in iron-red with a five-clawed
dragon diving through incised waves, all
above a border of further wave patterns
surrounding a gently inwarded oval foot ring,
the recessed base decorated with stylized
clouds.
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000

The body of the dragon on the present
bottle is painted in a fashion that is partially
interrupted and covered by incised wave
patterns, creating a dynamic effect in
presenting a mighty dragon charging through
turbulent seas.

Similarly decorated porcelain bottles occur 6004 (two views)
in several important collections, including a
nearly identical bottle from the Collection of
Brooks and Dorothy Cofield, illustrated on
the cover of The International Chinese Snuff
Bottle Society Journal, August 2015; further
examples are illustrated by Helen White,
Snuff Bottles from China. The Victoria and
Albert Museum Collection, p. 257, p. 119,
and Hugh Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles From
the Collection of the Rt. Hon. The Marquess
of Exeter, K.C.M.G., 1974, p.37, fig. C.31.

1820-1900年 瓷胎礬紅刻暗花龍紋鼻煙壺

6005
AN ENAMELED PORCELAIN ‘DRAGON’
SNUFF BOTTLE
Jingdezhen kilns, 1800-1860
The cylindrical bottle supported on a
circular foot ring, rising to a straight neck
above its slightly sloping shoulder, wide
mouth, rounded lip, glazed interior, painted
continuously around the side with a pair of
vigorous five-clawed dragons confronting
each other against an aubergine enameled
ground densely painted with crashing waves.
3in (7.6cm) high
$1,500 - 2,000

Provenance
Jin Hing & Co., Los Angeles, 31st October
1986
Previously in the Huntington Collection,
by repute

Exhibited:
Pacific Asian Museum, Pasadena, 1982-
1983, by repute

1800-1860年 茄地釉彩龍紋鼻煙壺

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