AN ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, DAOGUANG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
AN ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, DAOGUANG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850) Of compressed form with convex lip and recessed, convex oval foot, painted in famille rose enamels with a continuous scene of Zhong Kui escorting his sister to her wedding, one main side decorated with a hero riding a horse in clouds, attended by a demon, approaching the gates of a mansion at which a scholar greets him respectfully, the other side with his sister in a wheeled sedan-chair, with an attached ornate umbrella, being pushed by another demon, while two more hold tasseled sticks, the base inscribed Daoguang nian zhi ('Made in the Daoguang period') in iron-red seal script, glass stopper and collar 2 in. (5.79 cm.) high
AN ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, DAOGUANG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
AN ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, DAOGUANG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850) Of compressed form with convex lip and recessed, convex oval foot, painted in famille rose enamels with a continuous scene of Zhong Kui escorting his sister to her wedding, one main side decorated with a hero riding a horse in clouds, attended by a demon, approaching the gates of a mansion at which a scholar greets him respectfully, the other side with his sister in a wheeled sedan-chair, with an attached ornate umbrella, being pushed by another demon, while two more hold tasseled sticks, the base inscribed Daoguang nian zhi ('Made in the Daoguang period') in iron-red seal script, glass stopper and collar 2 in. (5.79 cm.) high
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