AN ENAMEL ON COPPER SNUFF BOTTLE, QIANLONG MARK AND PERIOD
Multicolored enamel painting on white ground, the bottle of copper, the exposed areas with even patina. China, 1736-1795

Masterfully painted to depict a continuous landscape with blooming trees, daihu rocks, a lake, a waterfall, a cottage and mountains in the far distance, with a mother-and-child portrait in the center, and verso a boy playing the cross flute. The neck with a circumferential horizontal ruyi border.

Shape: Bulbous ovoid form
Hollowing: Standard
Mouth, neck and lip: Short neck with sprawling copper lip, flat top and small mouth
Base: Oval with raised copper foot rim, the inside enameled in white and painted in blue with a horizontal four-character-script-mark qianlong nianzhi
Stopper: Pink tourmaline of good purity and nice, even color, on onyx platelet
Height of the bottle with stopper: 5.8 cm
Width of the mouth: 6 mm
Width of the neck: 15 mm
Condition: Excellent, with minor corrosion to foot rim and lip, minor hairlines to enamel on base and only little overall wear
Provenance: German Private Collection

Literature comparison: THE JOE GRIMBERG COLLECTION OF CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES. Sotheby’s, September 14th 2010, NEW YORK, lot 92. (for an enamel of copper bottle from the same period, showing a comparable color palette).

Expertise: Alexander Zacke

銅胎琺瑯人物鼻煙壺, 乾隆款與時期

銅胎多彩琺瑯, 露胎処帶古雅磨光

中國, 1736–1795 年

巧妙地繪成連綿山水圖紋, 包括花樹、太湖石、水池、瀑布、遠處山中出現草堂, 正面中間有母子圖, 背面有小童吹笛圖. 頸部帶連綿如意紋

形狀：球卵形

掏膛：標準

瓶口、頸、瓶唇： 短頸, 銅唇展開, 平頭, 小口

底足：突出橢圓形銅足邊, 內部用琺瑯彩與藍色成乾隆年製四字款

蓋: 清潔紫色電氣石, 顏色平整優雅, 在縞瑪瑙片上

高（帶蓋）：5.8厘米

口徑：0.6厘米

頸部直徑：1.5厘米

狀態敘述：完善, 足邊與唇部帶細小腐蝕處, 底部琺瑯有細膩髮絲裂紋, 磨損

來源：德國私人舊藏

文獻: THE JOE GRIMBERG COLLECTION OF CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES. Sotheby’s, 2010年9月14日, NEW YORK, 編號92.