A VERY RARE IMPERIAL FALANGCAI ENAMELLED 'BIRD AND PEONY' GLASS...

A VERY RARE IMPERIAL FALANGCAI ENAMELLED 'BIRD AND PEONY' GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
BEIJING PALACE WORKSHOPS, QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN BLUE ENAMEL AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
1 7⁄8 in. (4.7 cm.) high, zitan stand, zitan and burlwood box

Provenance
Sold at Christie's New York, 9 May 1981, lot 420
Hugh Moss, Hong Kong
J & J Collection
Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from The J & J Collection, Part I, 25 April 2004, lot 817 (cover lot)

Literature
Le Figaro, 16-17 April 1983, p. 20
Christie’s London, 100 Selected Chinese Snuff Bottles from the J & J Collection, London, 1987, no. 49
JICSBS, Autumn 1989, front cover
Moss et. al., The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, vol. 1, New York, 1993, pp. 318-319, no. 187
Museum of History, The Miniature World - An Exhibition of Snuff Bottles from the J & J Collection, Taipei, 2002, p. 25