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A porcelain double-gourd snuff bottle Iron-red Jiaqing four-character mark and of the period image 1
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A porcelain double-gourd snuff bottle Iron-red Jiaqing four-character mark and of the period image 4
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Lot 189

A porcelain double-gourd snuff bottle
Iron-red Jiaqing four-character mark and of the period

Amended
13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A porcelain double-gourd snuff bottle

Iron-red Jiaqing four-character mark and of the period
Moulded around the sides with smaller double gourds issuing from leafy trellises, enamelled in iron-red, mauve, blue and yellow, the rim applied with white metal mounts and finial inset with mother-of-pearl, 5.8cm (2¼in) high; together with a carved white-glazed bottle, depicting a crane amidst pine, carved Daoguang four-character mark and of the period, 8.1cm (3in) high; and a 'dayazhai'-type porcelain snuff bottle enamelled with a striding dragon against a turquoise ground, the base with apochryphal Kangxi four-character mark in underglaze blue, 19th century, 6cm (2¼in) high
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Please note that the central bottle in the catalogue image is undated

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