Bottle ID: 694

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MOLDED, RETICULATED, LATTICE-WORK

Date: 1820-1860

Height: 60 mm

Porcelain, of rectangular form with rounded shoulders and a cylindrical neck and recessed oval foot, crisply molded and reticulated with a continuous floral lattice-work design btweeen a petal lappet band around the shoulders and a geometric band around the base, with a solid inner body, the biscuit covered overall in a pale manilla-yellow glaze.
Attributed to Jingde Zhen.

Similar Examples:

Crane Collection no. 51.

Moss, Hugh, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang. A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles - The Mary and George Bloch Collection, 2008, Vol. 6, pp. 875-876, no. 1415.
Stevens, Bob C. The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, 1976, pp. 104-105, no. 351.
Chang Lin-sheng. Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, 1991, pp. 133, no. 99.

Provenance:

Cottone Auctions, NY. 3.23.13, lot 345.

During the nineteenth century snuff bottles were fabricated from varying materials and in almost every form imaginable. This example still retains the delicacy that porcelain allows, whilst continuing to be functional with the solid inner body being able to contain snuff. The lattice-work design is reminiscent of window and balustrade designs seen in Chinese gardens.

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