A RARE AND UNUSUAL ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN IMPERIAL KILNS, QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD, 1780-1799
A RARE AND UNUSUAL ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN IMPERIAL KILNS, QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD, 1780-1799 Of compressed spherical form with flat lip and recessed, flat, rounded-rectangular foot surrounded by a footrim, the two main sides with convex circular panels painted with European subjects, one with a bearded man in a turban seated with a small white dog in his lap, with a building with an arch in the background, and the other with a red-haired woman in white, pink and blue dress with her left arm extended and holding a small black and white dog on her knee, the surrounds molded with a formalized floral design and covered with gold enamel, the foot inscribed Qianlong nian zhi ('Made during the Qianlong period') in iron-red seal script, gilt-metal stopper with integral finial and collar, decorated with a floral blossom 2 in. (5.2 cm.) high
A RARE AND UNUSUAL ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN IMPERIAL KILNS, QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD, 1780-1799
A RARE AND UNUSUAL ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN IMPERIAL KILNS, QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD, 1780-1799 Of compressed spherical form with flat lip and recessed, flat, rounded-rectangular foot surrounded by a footrim, the two main sides with convex circular panels painted with European subjects, one with a bearded man in a turban seated with a small white dog in his lap, with a building with an arch in the background, and the other with a red-haired woman in white, pink and blue dress with her left arm extended and holding a small black and white dog on her knee, the surrounds molded with a formalized floral design and covered with gold enamel, the foot inscribed Qianlong nian zhi ('Made during the Qianlong period') in iron-red seal script, gilt-metal stopper with integral finial and collar, decorated with a floral blossom 2 in. (5.2 cm.) high
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