Bottle ID: 832

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PORCELAIN, BUDDHIST LIONS, DAOGUANG MARK AND PERIOD

Date: 1821-1850

Height: 55 mm

A porcelain snuff bottle, of rounded form with a cylindrical neck and a neatly placed oval footrim, decorated using iron-red enamels on each main side with a prancing Buddhist lion chasing a beribboned brocade ball, their eyes picked out in black ink, the base with a four character Daoguang nian zhi mark and of the period.
Imperial, attributed to the Palace Kilns, Jingdezhen

 

Provenance:

Clare Chu Asian Art
The Humphrey Collection, TX

 

 

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