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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A PARKER JR.
732
A CANTON ENAMEL ‘EUROPEAN FIGURES’ SNUFF BOTTLE
Qianlong mark and of the period
Of squat flattened pear shape, the narrow sides with scrolling lotus
on a pink ground, one face with a foreign couple seated with their
hound under a tree, reversed by two gentlemen in conversation in
a landscape setting, with a copper lip and foot rim, and the four-
character mark to the foot.
2in (5cm) high

$2,500 - 4,000
清乾隆 廣東銅胎畫琺瑯西洋人物圖鼻煙壺 《乾隆年製》款

Provenance:
William A Parker Jr.

Another Canton enamel snuff bottle from the Qianlong period with
similarly posed figures in a continuous landscape was sold in these
rooms 12 September 2016, lot 9041.
732
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A PARKER JR.
733
A MOLDED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
Qianlong mark, 19th century
Of compressed pear shape, the body molded in high relief with a
continuous scene from the legend Madame White Snake, supported
by a high foot rim, the foot with a four character mark in iron red.
3in (7.5cm) high
$1,500 - 2,500
十九世紀 模印白蛇傳人物故事鼻煙壺

Provenance:
William A Parker Jr.
Chinese Porcelain Company, June 1992
Private Collection California
Collection of Mrs. John Sheaf Douglas
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A PARKER JR.
734
AN UNUSUAL INCISED AND GILT INFILLED METAL SNUFF
BOTTLE 733
18th/19th century
Of tapering cylindrical form, with a stepped collared shoulder and an
everted lip, the neck with a wood grain pattern, the body with an gilt
incised continuous landscape with figures, trees and birds, the foot
with an incised Fang Ming mark.
2 7/8in (7.3cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000
十八/十九世紀 銅填金刻山水圖鼻煙壺 《彷明》款

Provenance:
William A Parker Jr.

Illustrated:
Randall, Chris, Important Chinese snuff bottles, from the China Trade
to the Imperial Court, 1994, no. 24

A nearly identical bottle, lacking the mark, is illustrated in Hughes,
The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin: Chinese Snuff Bottles, Baltimore,
2009, no. 259, where this bottle is also referenced. The author offers
a detailed explanation of the metalworking process and its possible
influences from Japan. The mark on the foot of this bottle states the
bottle was inspired by Ming dynasty craftsmanship, a likely reference
to the bronze vessels with gilt metal highlights made by Hu Wenming 734 (two views)
and his workshop.
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