A delicately enameled copper snuff bottle


Imperial, Guangzhou Workshops, Qianlong mark and of the period, 1736-1795The flattened bottle painted in soft-hued enamels on a white ground depicting a charming garden scene with insects amid flowering plants and rocks, all set beneath a band designed with scrolls and peach-like fruits; the underside with the four-character mark in regular script.2in (5.1cm) high
|Provenance1736-1795 清乾隆 廣州 御製銅胎畫琺瑯花鳥圖鼻煙壺 《乾隆年製》款