Fine Asian Art - 20th May 2025

Lot 18

λ A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'LOTUS' SNUFF BOTTLE

Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £3528

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Description

λ A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'LOTUS' SNUFF BOTTLE
C.1800-30

The flattened pear-shaped body painted with a lotus pond, one side with a frog and the other with a crane, the base with a mark reading Langgan Xian Guan, 'Pavilion of the Langgan Immortal', 7.2cm.

Provenance: purchased from Robert Kleiner on 1st November 2002, a copy of the invoice is available.

Langgan was the name of a Manchu general of the Plain Blue Banner called Jueluo. He rose to be Governor General of Yunnan and Guizhou in the Jiaqing period (1796-1820).The Langgan tree was a mystical tree in which phoenix nested, on top of a tall peak in the South of China. Many poems were written about this tree. This bottle therefore probably belonged to Juelao and would have been acquired by him during or after his Governorship which would have given him sufficient status to order a personal bottle from Jingdezhen.

1800-1830 粉彩鶴銜蓮鼻煙壺
《瑯玕仙館》礬紅款
來源：2002年11月1日購於Robert Kleiner（附發票複印件）。