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Bottle ID: 787
BEIJING, BLUE, YELLOW PEONY
Date: 1700-1759
Height: 51 mm
A cloisonné snuff bottle, of rounded form with a cylindrical neck and flat foot, decorated on each main face with a central circular medallion, one with a yellow and red peony flowerhead on a pink ground, the other with a multi-petaled chrysanthemum flowerhead in purple, puce-red, white, blue and yellow on a pink ground, the remainder of the body with a turquoise ground cracked-ice pattern design with small equally spaced red enamel prunus blossoms, the neck with yellow enamel blossoms on a turquoise ground, the foot and mouth with the exposed copper metal.
Probably imperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing.
Similar Examples:
Crane Collection, no. 710
Ford, John Gilmore. Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Edward Choate O'Dell Collection, 1982, pp. 48-49, no. 84
Lawrence, Clare. Miniature Masterpieces from the Middle Kingdom, The Monimar Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, 1996, pp. 26-27, no. 7.27
Snuff Bottles - The Complete Treasures of the Palace Museum. Volume 47, 2003, p.126, no. 180
Chang Lin-Sheng. Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum. 1991, p. 120, no. 84 (Porcelain)
Provenance:
Bonhams New York, September 21, 2021, Lot 670
From the Collection of Emily Byrne Curtis, New York