An enamel on copper 'European subject' snuff bottle
Guangzhou, Qing dynasty, Qianlong black-enamelled four-character mark
Of globular form with a slightly splayed flat foot, rising from wide slanted shoulders to a gently waisted cylindrical neck, one side vividly enamelled with a portrait of a young girl and the reverse a boy, both in traditional Dutch outfits within a circular panel, the narrow sides decorated with a profusion of archaistic motif against a brilliant lemon yellow and blue ground, the base with four-character kaishu mark.
5.4cm high.
Of globular form with a slightly splayed flat foot, rising from wide slanted shoulders to a gently waisted cylindrical neck, one side vividly enamelled with a portrait of a young girl and the reverse a boy, both in traditional Dutch outfits within a circular panel, the narrow sides decorated with a profusion of archaistic motif against a brilliant lemon yellow and blue ground, the base with four-character kaishu mark.
5.4cm high.
Sold for
HK$ 3,750
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 清 廣州 銅胎畫琺瑯荷蘭人物鼻煙壺 黑彩「乾隆年製」楷書款
壺扁瓶形，溜肩，直頸，橢圓形圈足，平底。壺體兩面開光，分別繪西洋紳士及女士圖，紳士戴帽，系領結，著答疑，女士身著長裙，別胸花，均與荷蘭傳統服飾風格接近。壺身兩側繪纏枝西番蓮紋，上半身及下半身分別以藍地及黃地琺瑯彩裝飾。壺底黑彩書「乾隆年製」四字楷書款。
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