A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE AND UNDERGLAZE COPPER RED SNUFF BOTTLE

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE AND UNDERGLAZE COPPER RED SNUFF BOTTLE
19TH CENTURY

8cm.

From an English private collection, Yorkshire, purchased from Clare Chu at Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles; previously The Chepsted Collection.

Painted with four actors performing on a stage, the base with a six-character Yongzheng mark.

Provenance: from an English private collection, Yorkshire, purchased from Clare Chu at Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, 28th September 2014; previously The Chepsted Collection and Toh Fong, Singapore.

Published: Edwin Palmer, The Chepsted Notebook: A Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, p.151, no.156.