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Lot 60
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TABATIERE EN PORCELAINE BLEU BLANC CHINE, XVIIIE SIECLE

Estimate
4,500 - 5,500 EUR
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Description

à décor de fleurs et rinceaux dans le style des porcelaines du XVème siècle, l'épaulement orné de lambrequins, le pied et le col de feuilles; bouchon en corail et lapis-lazuli

Catalogue Note

This is one of the very few examples of blue and white porcelain bottles confidently datable from the 18th century.

An identical porcelain bottle dated Kangxi, from the Qing Court collection, is illustrated in Snuff Bottles, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong 2003, p. 188, no. 295 ; see also Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles, Masterpieces from the Rietberg Museum, Zurich, p.32, no.10