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QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795), YANGZHOU WORKSHOPS, 1770-1790
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A FAMILLE ROSE GLASS 'DUCKS' SNUFF BOTTLE
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795), YANGZHOU WORKSHOPS, 1770-1790
The sides of the snuff bottle are delicately enamelled with a continuous scene depicting five ducks waddling in a pond below branches of willow and peach blossom. The bottle is supported on a short oval foot. The jadeite stopper is plainly carved.
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795), YANGZHOU WORKSHOPS, 1770-1790
The sides of the snuff bottle are delicately enamelled with a continuous scene depicting five ducks waddling in a pond below branches of willow and peach blossom. The bottle is supported on a short oval foot. The jadeite stopper is plainly carved.
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high
Provenance
The collection of Jane Cunningham, New York, December 2007.
The K. H. Yeo Collection of Chinese Enamelled Glass Wares.
The collection of an important private Asian collector.
The K. H. Yeo Collection of Chinese Enamelled Glass Wares.
The collection of an important private Asian collector.
Literature
Yeo. K. H., The Master Enameller, Hong Kong, 2014, pp. 72-73, no. 10.
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