Bottle ID: 794

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MOLDED, SCALY DRAGON AND PEARL, IMPERIAL

Date: 1821-1850

Height: 56 mm

A porcelain snuff bottle, of rounded form, with a flat gilded lip and a flat oval foot, with iron-red, black and green enamel, continuously molded with an imperial five-clawed scaly dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearl, the base inscribed in iron-red seal script, Daoguang nian zhi, and of the period. 
Imperial, attributed to the palace kilns, Jingdezhen

Similar Examples:

Crane Collection no. 342 
Kleiner, Robert. Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Denis Low, 1999, pp. 186-187, no. 161

Provenance:

Clare Chu Asian Art LLC
The Chepsted Collection (Edwin Palmer) 
Clare Lawrence Ltd. 
Phillips, London, April 13, 1995

 

PUBLISHED:        

Edwin Palmer and Clare Chu. The Chepsted Notebook, A Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Hong Kong, 2013, p. 166, no. 172

 

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