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Property from the Bentley Collection, London, United Kingdom
Lot 7200

A molded and gilt-painted porcelain snuff bottle
1796-1850

23 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

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A molded and gilt-painted porcelain snuff bottle

1796-1850
The ovoid form bottle molded in high relief around the walls with the eighteen luohan holding their attributes surrounded by cloud scrolls, the raised relief, as well as the flat lip and the oval foot ring covered in gilt over black against a turquoise blue enamel ground meant to simulate gilt metal, the underside bearing a four-character Qianlong nian zhi mark painted in gold seal script.
2 3/4in (7cm) high

Footnotes

Provenance:
the Bentley Collection, U.K.
Sotheby's, Sussex, 25 June 1991

Published:
The Bentley Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Asian Art Studio, Inc., 2008, p. 110

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