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6010 Illustrated
A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE Arts of Asia, Jan-Feb., 1982, p. 91, no 4
1912-1949
The flattened shield-shaped bottle rising to a waisted neck, its wide The painting motif and style on this snuff bottle is reminiscent of those
everted lip and spreading oval foot ring with a gilt finish, each of the often appearing on porcelain vases and plaques during the Republic
main sides decorated with a raised panel delicately painted in gilt period. Compare a very similar porcelain snuff bottle in the Bentley
and enamels with flowers and butterflies, against a ground filled with Collection, bearing a Qianlong nian zhi mark, ilustrated in the catalog
repeating patterns in iron-red, the high shoulders molded with two of The Bentley Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, the Asian Art
faux animal head-and-ring handles, the recessed foot bearing an Studio, Inc., 2008, p. 100.
apocryphal Guyue Xuan mark.
1 3/4in (4.5cm) high 1912-1949年 瓷胎粉彩花蝶紋鼻煙壺
$3,000 - 5,000

Provenance
Bob C. Stevens Collection, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Fine and Important
Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Bob C. Stevens, Part III,
New York, 25 June 1982, lot 61

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