Asian Art - 14th November 2017
Lot 249
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MOULDED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE LATE 18TH/ EARLY 19TH CENTURY With a...
Estimate £500 - £800
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Description
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MOULDED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
LATE 18TH/ EARLY 19TH CENTURY
With a tapering body moulded in crisp relief with a continuous scene of figures in a boat to one side, with equestrian warriors and a dragon emerging from clouds to the reverse, raised on a short turquoise foot and rim, 6.7cm.
Cf. R Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, p.324-325, no.210 for a comparable example.