Six copper-red and underglaze blue decorated porcelain snuff bottles
Six copper-red and underglaze blue decorated porcelain snuff bottles
19th century
The first painted with a herd boy on a buffalo, the second depicting Wang Xizhi and his attendant watching geese, the third displaying a bearded man relaxing in his daybed while another figure fixing the incense in a censer, each of the fourth and fifth bottles featuring a fisherman in a boat, the last bottle painted with a figure kneeling in front of official figures on horses; one bottle bearing an apocryphal Yongzheng mark, one bottle inscribed Qingyang Daoren and painted with a dragon to the base.
1 7/8 to 3 1/8in (4.8 to 8cm) high
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Six copper-red and underglaze blue decorated porcelain snuff bottles
19th century
The first painted with a herd boy on a buffalo, the second depicting Wang Xizhi and his attendant watching geese, the third displaying a bearded man relaxing in his daybed while another figure fixing the incense in a censer, each of the fourth and fifth bottles featuring a fisherman in a boat, the last bottle painted with a figure kneeling in front of official figures on horses; one bottle bearing an apocryphal Yongzheng mark, one bottle inscribed Qingyang Daoren and painted with a dragon to the base.
1 7/8 to 3 1/8in (4.8 to 8cm) high