Lot 142
  • 142

A FAMILLE-ROSE PORCELAIN ‘JIANG ZIYA’ SNUFF BOTTLE QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG / JIAQING PERIOD

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 HKD
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Description

  • porcelain

Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong, 1991.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., 1991.

Exhibited

Robert Kleiner, Boda Yang, and Clarence F. Shangraw, Chinese Snuff Bottles: A Miniature Art from the Collection of George and Mary Bloch, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1994, cat. no. 145.
National Museum of Singapore, Singapore, 1994-1995.

Literature

Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 6, Hong Kong, 2007, no. 1163.

Condition

Gilding partially worn from the lip and a repair to a chip on the outer lip. Small amount of wear to the enamels on the raised relief.
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