A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT TURQUOISE AND SILVER-INLAID ZITAN SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN SEAL SCRIPT AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT TURQUOISE AND SILVER-INLAID ZITAN SNUFF BOTTLE IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN SEAL SCRIPT AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) With slightly concave lip and recessed flat foot surrounded by a footrim, the body inlaid with a design of archaistic taotie masks and scrolls centered on three segmented turquoise inlays of ruyi -shape with pendent crosses, each inlaid section forming the horns and nose of a taotie mask, the base inscribed in seal script, Qianlong yujian (Examined by the Qianlong emperor), mother-of-pearl stopper with silver collar 2 29/64 in. (6.3 cm.) high
A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT TURQUOISE AND SILVER-INLAID ZITAN SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN SEAL SCRIPT AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT TURQUOISE AND SILVER-INLAID ZITAN SNUFF BOTTLE IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN SEAL SCRIPT AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) With slightly concave lip and recessed flat foot surrounded by a footrim, the body inlaid with a design of archaistic taotie masks and scrolls centered on three segmented turquoise inlays of ruyi -shape with pendent crosses, each inlaid section forming the horns and nose of a taotie mask, the base inscribed in seal script, Qianlong yujian (Examined by the Qianlong emperor), mother-of-pearl stopper with silver collar 2 29/64 in. (6.3 cm.) high
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