A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
Imperial, attributed to the Palace Kilns, Jingdezhen, 1875-1908
Of rounded, bulbous form with shoulders sloping to a cylindrical neck, decorated using famille rose enamels with a scrolling lotus flower-head reserved against a yellow enamel sgraffito ground, the neck with a leiwen border above a band of lingzhi heads, the base encircled with a petal lappet band, the foot with an iron-red four-character Guangxu nianzhi mark in regular script and of the period; stopper.
2 3/8in (6cm) high
Footnotes:
1875-1908 瓷胎刻暗花粉彩蓮花鼻煙壺一件
御製 或爲景德鎮御窯製
《光緒年製》楷書款

Provenance:
Newman Page Collection, San Francisco, CA.
Eldred's Auction Gallery, August 22, 2002
Joan and Ted Dorf Collection, no. 321

In the Guangxu period, late in the nineteenth century the Imperial Kilns became active under the direction of Cixi, the Empress Dowager. The style of earlier imperial wares began to be copied with some success. This type of bottle is taken from large palace vases with similar decoration, some of which survive with Guangxu nianzhi marks on the bases.

Very good condition and finely painted with only minor wear to the enamels.