Bottle ID: 00686

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PORCELAIN, ENAMELED FAMILLE ROSE, SAGE CROSSING RIVER & LANDSCAPE

Date: 1821-1850

Height: 55 mm

Porcelain, hard paste, of flattened rounded form, decorated in famille rose enamels, with on one side a sage standing beside massive rocks and looking out over the water, about to cross a wooden plank bridge, beneath an inscription; the reverse with a mountainous landscape scene of pavilions at a lakeside nestled amongst massive rocks and blossoming trees; the base with an iron-red four character Daoguang nianzhi mark in seal script and of the period.

Imperial, attributed to the Palace Kilns, Jingde Zhen.

Similar Examples:

Kleiner, Robert. Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of John Ault, 1990, pp. 84-85, no. 143.
Kleiner, Robert. Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, 1995, p. 332, no. 214.
Sotheby's, Hong Kong, October 28, 1993, lot 1254, Collection of Eric Young, Part IV.

Provenance:

Asian Art Studio
The Collection of P. Harvey, Southern California

Exhibited:
 

Annual Convention ICSBS Toronto, October 2007

A great many porcelain bottles with enamel decoration were made during the Daoguang period, both being produced in the Imperial Kilns and by local potters also in Jingde Zhen. Both groups were made with Daoguang nianzhi marks thus complicating the process of differentiating between those that were destined for the Court and those that went into the hands of wealthy merchants. This bottle, with its fine enameling, stylistically similar to enameling from the jiaqing period is a likely candidate for the Palace. With its finely potted body, detailed decoration and well written mark it would, in all probability, have been made in the Imperial Kilns as part of a larger order for the Palace.

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