Deux tabatières en terre cuite yixing et porcelaine de la famille rose Chine, dynastie Qing, XIXE siècle

l'une de forme piriforme à pans coupés, à décor de pagodes et pêcheur dans un paysage, l'autre de forme hexagonale à pans coupés à décor de dames de cour dans un intérieur, bouchon en corail, marque apocryphe Qianlong à la base

The Yixing snuff-bottle in good overall condition, the actual color is slightly darker, the slip decoration less yellow, more brown than on the catalogue illustration. The famille rose snuff bottle has two tiny restored chips and a minute chip to the footrim, a burst air bubble at one angle toward the bottom and small openings in the glaze between the foot and the body, expected rubbing to the gilding and to the enamels, the actual color is more cream white than the illustration would suggest in the catalogue.
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