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Lot 192
Two famille rose porcelain snuff bottles Iron-red Daoguang four-character mark and of the period; iron-red Jiaqing seal mark and of the period
13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,800 inc. premium
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Iron-red Daoguang four-character mark and of the period; iron-red Jiaqing seal mark and of the period
The first of flattened circular form, finely painted on one side with a battle scene in which General Zhang Ge'er is defeated by an Imperially appointed army, the reverse painted with the General on trial within a court setting, 6.2cm (2½in) high; the second of compressed spade form, painted on each side with pairs of figures within panels reserved against a stylised floral design in underglaze blue picked out in gold enamel, 6.4cm (2½in) high. (2).
The first of flattened circular form, finely painted on one side with a battle scene in which General Zhang Ge'er is defeated by an Imperially appointed army, the reverse painted with the General on trial within a court setting, 6.2cm (2½in) high; the second of compressed spade form, painted on each side with pairs of figures within panels reserved against a stylised floral design in underglaze blue picked out in gold enamel, 6.4cm (2½in) high. (2).
Footnotes
Compare another bottle depicting General Zhang Ge'er formerly in the Guo'an Collection, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 30 October 2000, lot 614.














