Bottle ID: 926

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BLACK WITH GREEN FROG AND LOTUS LEAF

Date: 1820-1880

Height: 73 mm

Porcelain, of flattened ovoid form, with a straight neck flaring to an everted mouth, covered overall in a black glaze and applied in relief with a toad seated upon a lotus pad and gazing upwards, amongst further lotus leaves and flowers, the reverse with sprays of millet growing from water; the recessed base with a four character apocryphal Qianlong mark.

Similar Examples:

Crane Collection no. 443
Miller, Tony and Humphrey Hui. Elegance in Relief: Carved Porcelain from Jingdezhen of the 19th to Early 20th Centuries, 2006, p. 331, no. 164.
Sotheby's, New York, April 1, 2005, lot 454, The Collection of Avrina Pugh.

Provenance:

Asian Art Studio.
Beaussant Lefevre, Paris, November 18, 2005, lot 192
A Parisian family [1917-2005]
1917, Paris, chez Mademoiselle Loge, 10 rue de la Victoire

Although produced along with many other porcelain bottles in the mid-nineteenth century and destined for popluar consumption, this bottle is none-the-less both dramatic in its conception and charming in its execution. It is a very well potted bottle which has been finely enameled and finshed with a even black glaze allowing the design to stand out clearly whether the bottle is standing freely or is held in the hand.

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