TABATIERE EN PORCELAINE MOULEE CHINE, 1790-1820

Sotheby's London, 3 December 1997, lot 412

This mould, one of the finest of the mid Qing period exists in monochrome and enamelled versions. For a monochrome one, see Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol.6 part.2, Porcelain, no.1195. For the enamelled version, see Bob Stevens, The Collectors Book of Snuff Bottles, 1976, no.314 and Snuff Bottles. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, p.242, no. 373. The present bottle is even finer and has its original stopper