Bottle ID: 00235

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PORCELAIN, FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELS, STANDING LIU HAI

Date: 1796-1820

Height: 80 mm

Porcelain, decorated in famille rose enamels, in the form of a standing partially disrobed smiling Liu hai, wearing a losely belted robe with blue pants, holding cash and with a further string of cash over his right shoulder; the original porcelain stopper forming his hat; a stained ivory stand (not original) in the form of Liu hai's three-legged toad.

Attributed to Jingde Zhen.

Similar Examples:

Crane Collection no. 359.
Lawrence, Clare. Miniature Masterpieces from the Middle Kingdom - The Monimar Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, 1996, pp. 186-187, no. 87.151.
Snuff Bottles - The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Vol. 47, Beijing, 2003, p. 242, no. 373.
Stevens, Bob C. The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, 1976, pp. 98-99, no. 314.
Sotheby's, New York, September 14, 2010, lot 24, The Joe Grimberg Collection.

Provenance:

Hugh Moss [HK] Ltd.

Exhibited:

Annual Convention ICSBS Toronto, October 2007

Liu hai was a highly popular figure, appearing on all forms of art in the Qing Dynasty. During the Jiaqing period he is depicted on bottles of differing materials but is especially well-known within the figural porcelain groups. This is an apparently unique mold for this popular deity with an equally unique, but not original, stand.

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