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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A PARKER JR.
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TWO UNDERGLAZE DECORATED CYLINDRICAL PORCELAIN
SNUFF BOTTLES
Yongzheng marks, 19th century
The first a soft paste bottle with nine dragon roundels in underglaze
blue, with a four character Yongzheng nianzhi mark to the foot; the
second with a cracked ice pattern on the shoulder, the body with
a continuous scene in copper red and underglaze blue, with a six
character Daqing Yongzheng nianzhi mark to the foot.
3 1/8in (8cm) high, the taller

$2,000 - 3,000
十九世紀 青花及青花釉裏紅筒形鼻煙壺兩件

Provenance:
William A Parker Jr.

744

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A PARKER JR.
745
A RARE COBALT OXIDE ENAMELED SNUFF BOTTLE
1821-1850
Of cylindrical form with a straight neck and oval foot rim, the unglazed
body decorated in oxidized cobalt with magpie and chrysanthemums,
an artemisia leaf mark on the foot, also in cobalt.
1 7/8in (4.7cm) high

$1,500 - 2,000

1821-1850年 墨彩喜鵲菊花紋鼻煙壺

Provenance:
William A Parker Jr.

Absent the clear glaze that covers blue and white porcelain, the
cobalt applied to this bottle has oxidized during the firing process
and transformed to an inky black. This technique for decorating snuff
bottles likely arose in the early 19th century at the Jingdezhen kilns.
For an eloquent explanation of the technique see Moss, Graham and 745
Tsang A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles the Mary and George Bloch
Collection Vol 6 part 2, pp. 652-653.

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A PARKER JR.
746
A FAMILLE ROSE AND IRON-RED ‘DRAGON’ SNUFF BOTTLE
Qianlong mark, late 19th century
Of flattened globular form with waisted neck and flat gilt lip, each
side with an iron red dragon amid polychrome clouds in famille rose
enamels, with a four character mark in iron red to the foot.
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high

$2,000 - 3,000
十九世紀末 粉彩礬紅飛龍祥雲紋鼻煙壺

Provenance:
William A Parker Jr.

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