Lot 268
Auction: 4 June 2014 at 11:00 BST
£325
Description
FIVE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
19TH/20TH CENTURY
comprising: a double famille rose cylindrical bottle depicting magpies in plum blossom, one base with Qianlong mark, hardstone stoppers; a famille rose cylindrical bottle depicting a lady with sword, the reverse with inscription within a reserve, coral red stopper; a flattened oblong bottle with concave sides, enamelled to simulate tortoiseshell, feint mark on base, hardstone stopper; an underglaze blue and red and crackle glaze snuff ‘jar’ with river landscape, silver mounts; and a polychrome bottle with figures, red stopper (5)
7cm, 8.7cm, 6.5cm, 6.3cm and 6.8cm respectively
Footnote
Provenance:
The Chris Bennett Collection of Snuff Bottles