AN ENAMEL ON COPPER SNUFF BOTTLE, QIANLONG MARK AND PERIOD Multicolored enamel painting on white ground, the bottle of copper, the exposed areas with even patina. China, 1736-1795Masterfully painted to depict a continuous landscape with blooming trees, daihu rocks, a lake, a waterfall, a cottage and mountains in the far distance, with a mother-and-child portrait in the center, and verso a boy playing the cross flute. The neck with a circumferential horizontal ruyi border.Shape: Bulbous ovoid formHollowing: StandardMouth, neck and lip: Short neck with sprawling copper lip, flat top and small mouthBase: Oval with raised copper foot rim, the inside enameled in white and painted in blue with a horizontal four-character-script-mark qianlong nianzhiStopper: Pink tourmaline of good purity and nice, even color, on onyx plateletHeight of the bottle with stopper: 5.8 cmWidth of the mouth: 6 mmWidth of the neck: 15 mmCondition: Excellent, with minor corrosion to foot rim and lip, minor hairlines to enamel on base and only little overall wearProvenance: German Private CollectionLiterature comparison: THE JOE GRIMBERG COLLECTION OF CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES. Sotheby’s, September 14th 2010, NEW YORK, lot 92. (for an enamel of copper bottle from the same period, showing a comparable color palette).Expertise: Alexander Zacke銅胎琺瑯人物鼻煙壺, 乾隆款與時期銅胎多彩琺瑯, 露胎処帶古雅磨光中國, 1736–1795 年巧妙地繪成連綿山水圖紋, 包括花樹、太湖石、水池、瀑布、遠處山中出現草堂, 正面中間有母子圖, 背面有小童吹笛圖. 頸部帶連綿如意紋形狀:球卵形掏膛:標準瓶口、頸、瓶唇: 短頸, 銅唇展開, 平頭, 小口底足:突出橢圓形銅足邊, 內部用琺瑯彩與藍色成乾隆年製四字款蓋: 清潔紫色電氣石, 顏色平整優雅, 在縞瑪瑙片上高(帶蓋):5.8厘米口徑:0.6厘米頸部直徑:1.5厘米狀態敘述:完善, 足邊與唇部帶細小腐蝕處, 底部琺瑯有細膩髮絲裂紋, 磨損來源:德國私人舊藏文獻: THE JOE GRIMBERG COLLECTION OF CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES. Sotheby’s, 2010年9月14日, NEW YORK, 編號92.