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Double snuff bottle made of moulded porcelain in the shape o…
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150
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Double snuff bottle made of moulded porcelain in the shape o…
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
Voluntary lot
Description
Double snuff bottle made of moulded porcelain in the shape of two gourd-shaped vessels joined together, China, 1780–1850
The double snuff bottle consists of a large, coral-glazed gourd with leaves around the neck, upon which sits a large polychrome butterfly with outstretched wings, and a second, small, green-glazed gourd attached to one of the ribbed sides of the first. The bottle rests on the base of the large gourd, which is fitted with six small feet. The stopper is made of malachite and coral.
Height: 8.7 cm
Publication:
Laurence Souksi, Merveilles de la miniature chinoise, Flacons-tabatières de Chine de la Collection du Commandeur, Paris, 2000, no. 83, p. 32 (illustrated).
To date, only two other examples of this model have been recorded. One is published in: Viviane Jutheau, *Le Guide du collectionneur de tabatières chinoises*, 1980, Denoël, illustrated in colour, p. 85. The other is held in the Cartier-Bresson collection and on display at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nancy (bequest of Marie-Louise Cartier-Bresson, 1936).
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