A CANTON ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN FIGURES' SNUFF BOTTLE


Qianlong mark and of the periodOf squat flattened pear shape, the narrow sides with scrolling lotus on a pink ground, one face with a foreign couple seated with their hound under a tree, reversed by two gentlemen in conversation in a landscape setting, with a copper lip and foot rim, and the four-character mark to the foot. 2in (5cm) high
|清乾隆 廣東銅胎畫琺瑯西洋人物圖鼻煙壺 《乾隆年製》款Provenance: William A Parker Jr.Another Canton enamel snuff bottle from the Qianlong period with similarly posed figures in a continuous landscape was sold in these rooms 12 September 2016, lot 9041.