A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE
This lot is offered without reserve.
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE

IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1750-1820

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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1750-1820
The bottle is decorated on each side with a central shou roundel flanked by stylized pairs of blue chi-dragons and fenghuang on a gilt ground, all within a foliate panel surrounded by turquoise vines and floral motifs against a gilt ground.
2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) high, dyed quartz stopper
Provenance
Robert Hall, London, 2004.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4104.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

This bottle belongs to a group of cloisonné enamel bottles, some with only partial inlay of enamels, of similar design, and many different color combinations, which are now considered to be the imperial output of the Palace workshops from the mid to late eighteenth century. Comparable cloisonné enamel bottles include one illustrated by H. Brinker and A. Lutz in Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, no. 364; one illustrated by P. Friedman, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Pamela R. Lessing Friedman Collection, Denver, 1990, p. 128, no. 104; and another by H. Moss, Snuff Bottles of China, London, 1971, no. 272.

Another bottle from this same group, with a different combination of enamel colors in The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Part I, was sold at Christie's New York, 16 September 2015, lot 215.

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