IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, DAOGUANG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)

Details

A MOLDED AND ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, DAOGUANG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The bottle is molded with a green, five-clawed dragon with aubergine mane striding around the sides in pursuit of an iron-red flaming pearl.
2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high, glass stopper

Provenance

Robert Hall, London, 2006.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4319.

Exhibited

Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

An identical bottle from the Mary and George Bloch Collection is illustrated in Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 6, Part 3, Hong Kong, 2008, no. 1336, pp. 727-28.

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