AN ENAMELED MOLDED PORCELAIN MANTIS AND CORNCOB BOTTLE
AN ENAMELED MOLDED PORCELAIN MANTIS AND CORNCOB BOTTLE

1840-1900

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AN ENAMELED MOLDED PORCELAIN MANTIS AND CORNCOB BOTTLE
1840-1900
Naturalistically molded as an ear of corn, a praying mantis crawling along the green-glazed husk partially removed to expose the yellow kernels, stopper
3 7/16in. (8.7cm.) high

Lot Essay

For a group of bottles similar to this and lots 59 and 60, see H. Moss, V. Graham, K.B. Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle: The J & J. Collection, New York, 1993, nos. 243 - 246, although this particular model is particularly rare.

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