FOUR PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES18th/19th century
The first a blue and white conjoined bottle, painted with a parliament of magpies perched in the branches of blossoming plum trees, the foot of one inscribed ya, the other inscribed zhi; the second a famille verte bottle, of flattened pear shape, each side with a quatrefoil panel with raised border enclosing a landscape scene; the third a doucai bottle of flattened circular form, each main side painted with a scene of an oxherd riding an ox, accented with gilt, the foot inscribed with a four-character Qianlong mark; the fourth a Guangxu period famille verte bottle painted with nine playful lions and cubs.
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high, the tallest (4).注脚Provenance:
The first:
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Fine Chinese Jades, Works of Art and Snuff Bottles, 26-27 February 1981, lot 76
The second:
Sotheby's, New York, Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art including Snuff Bottles and Chinese Paintings, 21 January 1982, lot 73
The third:
Sotheby's, New York, Chinese Ceramics and Works of art including snuff bottles and Chinese paintings, 21 January 1982, lot 86
The fourth:
Alice B. McReynolds Collection
Sotheby's, Los Angeles, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the collection of Alice B McReynolds, 31 October 1984, lot 1