Description
A porcelain snuff bottle of flattened rectangular shape decorated with polychrome enamels, each main side with a conforming panel framing a scene depicting a couple on a terrace of a pavilion all surrounded by foliage painted in underglaze blue and with gilt highlight. The foot inscribed with the four-character Jiaqing mark in iron-red seal script.
China, Jiaqing mark and period, 1796-1820
H: 6,5 cm
Provenance: Collection Odette Debosque
Collection of the Commandeur
Published: « Le guide du collectionneur de tabatière chinoise » par V. Jutheau page 84
