Description
Description: Chinese snuff bottle of hexagonal baluster shape, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with a classic Ming style Lotus scroll, the blossoms alternately upright and downright, enclosed by undulating stems.
Mark: No marks
Dating: early 19th century
Material: Porcelain, glazed inside.
Size: 70 mm high
Stopper: Amber stopper with glass red collar and silver spoon
Provenance: Antiquarian market
References: An identical is illustrated in Robert Kleiner’s book “In search of a Dragon, Underglaze Blue and White porcelain in the collection of Joseph Baruch Silver”, at page 124.
Notes: In commenting the reference bottle, Robert Kleiner says that “according to the great pioneering collector of blue and white snuff bottles John Ault, ….. a single dot between the trefoils (those around the neck) is typical of the Daoguang period (see Journal of the I.C.S.B.S., Autumn 1990, pag. 10).
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