Asian Art II - 21st May 2025
Lot 631
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE AND UNDERGLAZE COPPER RED SNUFF BOTTLE
Estimate £500 - £800
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Description
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.