Description
A porcelain snuff bottle of flattened disc shape enamelled on each side with four butterflies around fruits (melon) on a red ground. The flat of the lip is not glazed because the bottle have been fired up side down.
China, 1796-1850
H : 6,7 cm
Similaire: George Bloch Collection – p. 573 n°1258 & 59 – A treasury of Chinese snuff bottles – Volume 6, part 2.
Provenance: The Button Collection
Robert Hall X, n°30, 2003
White Orchid Collection (ref.AP-3-15)
Published : Le guide du collectionneur de Tabatières Chinoises, Viviane Jutheau, page 85
