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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A PARKER JR.
747
A MOLDED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
1770-1820
Molded as a lion dog enameled in lavender and green embracing its
pup enameled in puce and green, their bulging eyes picked out in
black, the narrow circular opening placed at the top of the lion’s head
and the foot ring formed as a ribbon descending from the yellow-
glazed ball held between their paws, with an iron red mark to the foot.
3in (7.5cm) high
$1,500 - 2,500
1770-1820年 瓷胎模印太獅少獅式鼻煙壺

Provenance:
William A Parker Jr.

Published:
Randall, Christopher, To Have and to Hold Snuff Bottles from Imperial
China, 2005, no. 10

Snuff bottles from this mold first appear in the later years of the
Qianlong period. For a similar example decorated in famille rose
enamels, see H. White, Snuff Bottles from China: The Victoria and
Albert Museum Collection, London, 1992, pl. 114, no. 3, and for an
identical example from the same mold, with a clear glaze, see H.
Moss, Snuff Bottles of China, London, 1971, p. 125, no. 288.

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A PARKER JR.
748
AN AMBER CONJOINED ‘BIRD AND FLOWER’ SNUFF BOTTLE
19th century
Fashioned with only the large chamber hollowed, carved in high relief
with birds and flowers amid garden rocks, the nearly transparent
amber with a crizzled appearance.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000
十九世紀 琥珀雕雙連鳥語花香紋鼻煙壺

Provenance:
747 William A Parker Jr.
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