PAINTED ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE
QIANLONG MARK, 18TH CENTURY
£12,500
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 14 May 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
清 乾隆款 銅胎畫琺瑯花鳥紋鼻烟壺
of flattened globular form, finely enamelled to both sides in circular cartouches enclosed by filigree with birds perching on branches, with luscious peony and lotus blooms, all against a dark green ground moulded with gilded filigree, with a pink glass stoper, the base inscribed with a four-character Qianlong mark
Dimensions
5.5cm high
Footnote
Provenance: private English collection