AN ENAMELED YIXING SNUFF BOTTLE
AN ENAMELED YIXING SNUFF BOTTLE
1840-1880
Of flattened ovoid form, the shoulders rising to a cylindrical neck, one face painted with a magpie in a plum tree, the other with a butterfly fluttering above a peony bush, all against a blue enamel ground, the flat lip and base of the oval foot ring revealing the dark brown body, the foot enameled turquoise.
2 1/4in (5.5cm) high
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AN ENAMELED YIXING SNUFF BOTTLE
1840-1880
Of flattened ovoid form, the shoulders rising to a cylindrical neck, one face painted with a magpie in a plum tree, the other with a butterfly fluttering above a peony bush, all against a blue enamel ground, the flat lip and base of the oval foot ring revealing the dark brown body, the foot enameled turquoise.
2 1/4in (5.5cm) high
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