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6008 Compare a snuff bottle designed in the same format and with very
A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED AND GILT-DECORATED notable similarities in the composition of the painted enamel, but
PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE on a gilt background, dated Qianlong period, from the Collection of
Qianlong mark, 1790-1850 Y. F. Yang, published and illustrated in “Interior Landscapes: the Art
Of spade form, with a short waisted neck, gilt-painted convex of the Chinese Snuff Bottle”, Shawn Eichman, International Chinese
lip, each main side with a conforming gilt-framed panel, worked Snuff Bottle Society, Journal, Spring 2011, fig.14, p.7.
in enamels of various colors, richly painted with a garden scene
depicting a fluffy cat on rocks surrounded with bamboo and seasonal 1790-1850年 粉彩描金耄耋圖鼻煙壺
flowers, and with two butterflies hovering nearby; the reverse painted 《大清乾隆年製》礬紅篆書款
with two magpies perched on a blooming prunus tree and further
decorated with large peony blossoms, all separated by a yellow
ground band on the narrow sides filled with additional floral and scroll
designs, the flat rectangular base with the six-character mark in seal
script painted in iron red.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) high
$5,000 - 7,000

Provenance
Robert Hall, 4th January 1990

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