A YIXING BLUE-GROUND ENAMELLED 'LANDSCAPE' SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY

Brown stoneware covered with cobalt-blue enamel. China, 1780-1860

Molded on each of the main sides with a raised circular white panel, delicately enameled with landscape scenes, one with a pagoda surrounded by trees and rocks, the other with a horse under a pine tree, the surrounds of foot and neck covered with blue enamel as well.

Shape: Flattened round shape
Hollowing: Standard
Mouth, neck and lip: Elongated cylindric neck with slightly slanted lip, flat top exposing the naked brown stoneware, cylindric small mouth
Base: Oval base with raised foot rim exposing the naked brown stoneware, the inner of the foot with a delicate turquoise-green glaze
Design, marks, school: Yixing
Stopper: Red coral with a black platelet
Height of the bottle with stopper: 7.2 cm.
Width of the mouth: 6 mm.
Width of the neck: 14 mm.
Condition: Some wear to the panels, one tiny chip to neck restored (well visible), one firing line to left shoulder (length ca. 4 cm)
Provenance: American private collection

Literature comparison: Snuff Bottles from the Mary & George Bloch Collection: Part VIII. Bonhams, Hong Kong, May 26th, 2014, lot 1139. THE LINDA RIDDELL HOFFMAN COLLECTION OF CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES. Bonhams, New York, March 22nd, 2011, lot 145. FINE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES. Bonhams, New York, March 20th, 2012, lot 126. The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part IV. Christies, New York, March 15th, 2017 lot 419. The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part I. Christies, New York, September 16th, 2015 lot 347. (for related Yixing bottles, all with raised circular white panels on blue ground, all dated in the range from 1780 to 1860)

清代钴藍彩開光琺琅彩"山水"鼻烟壺
局部有磨損，頸部有一處已修復的細微小口
美國私人收藏