A cinnabar lacquer 'phoenix' snuff bottle


Probably Imperial, 18th/19th centuryThe high shouldered bottle standing on a rounded oval foot ring, deeply and fluidly carved to each main side with a phoenix in flight amid clouds, separated by rock formations on narrow sides, all below vertical plantain leaves surrounding a carefully formed neck,2 1/2in (6.4cm) high
|Provenanceacquired from Asiantiques in the 1990'sCompare a nearly identical bottle from the J & J collection, Part V, sold by Christie's, New York, 17 September 2008, sale 2026, lot 82. See also a very similar bottle from the Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, sold by Christie's New York, 15 March 2017, sale 13772, lot 443.十八世紀晚期/十九世紀 擬御製 剔紅刻雙鳳雲紋鼻煙壺