An enamelled porcelain 'elephant and vase' snuff bottle Daoguang four-character iron-red seal mark and of the period
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A 'famille rose' enamel on porcelain 'elephant and vase' snuff bottle
Daoguang iron-red four-character seal mark and of the period
Of compressed globular form supported on a recessed ovoid foot, enamelled with an elephant surmounted by a vase, the other side with potted plant on a stand amongst rockworks.
5.7cm high.
Sold for HK$ 50,000 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • 清道光 瓷胎畫粉彩太平有象鼻煙壺 礬紅「道光年製」篆書款

    Provenance 來源:
    Christie's London, 15 July 1981, lot 422
    Collection of Jacqueline Sheldon

Lot heading

Snuff bottles from the collection of Jacqueline Sheldon (neé Anisfeld), purchased at London auctions in the 1970s under the guidance of Hans Goldsteinher (lots 201-212)

Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art

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