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A GUYUE XUAN ‘PEACOCK’ ENAMELED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE WITH A ‘PEACH’ MARK White opaque glass with
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A GUYUE XUAN ‘PEACOCK’ ENAMELED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE WITH A ‘PEACH’ MARK White opaque glass with painted multicolor enamels. China, 1770-1840The bottle is delicately painted with a continuous scene of a peacock perched on a rock above flowering branches and beneath a pine tree. The base has a painted ‘peach’ mark in multicolored enamels. The peacock kong que or ‘heavenly phoenix on earth’ stands for dignity, beauty and fame. Unlike the pheasant, it is a rare subject to be found on enameled Chinese glass snuff bottles. Possibly Imperial.Shape: Bulbous round amphora formHollowing: StandardMouth, neck and lip: Sprawling cylindric neck with flat top and large mouthBase: Round elevated and slightly convex baseStopper: Tourmaline on onyx platelet with a nice ivory spoonHeight of the bottle with stopper: 5.6 cmWidth of the mouth: 7 mmWidth of the neck: 13 mmCondition: Excellent with one tiny imperfection to lip (hardly visible to the naked eye) and very minor wear to enamelsProvenance: American Private CollectionLiterature comparison: The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part IV. Christie’s, March 15th 2017, New York, lot 312. (for an example of a Guyue Xuan bottle with the more common pheasant).Expertise: Alexander Zacke古月軒白料琺瑯彩孔雀青松鼻煙壺, 桃子款琺瑯彩繪白不透明玻璃中國, 1770–1840年青松孔雀巧妙地繪成, 底有 桃子為款，多色琺瑯彩. 孔雀又爲地上鳳凰，松下栖息圖很受歡迎, 代表大方、美麗與功名. 在鼻煙壺上較為罕見. 或為皇家內廷作品. 形狀：球形削肩掏膛：標準瓶口、頸、瓶唇： 展開圓柱形頸, 平頭, 大口底足：圓形稍微突出底蓋: 電氣石在縞瑪瑙片上, 優美牙雕勺高（帶蓋）：5.6厘米口徑：0.7厘米頸部直徑：1.3厘米狀態敘述：完善, 唇部一小處瑕疵, 幾乎看不到的 琺瑯彩稍微磨損來源：美國私人舊藏文獻: The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part IV. Christie’s, 2017年3月15日, New York, 編號312.
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A GUYUE XUAN ‘PEACOCK’ ENAMELED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE WITH A ‘PEACH’ MARK White opaque glass with painted multicolor enamels. China, 1770-1840The bottle is delicately painted with a continuous scene of a peacock perched on a rock above flowering branches and beneath a pine tree. The base has a painted ‘peach’ mark in multicolored enamels. The peacock kong que or ‘heavenly phoenix on earth’ stands for dignity, beauty and fame. Unlike the pheasant, it is a rare subject to be found on enameled Chinese glass snuff bottles. Possibly Imperial.Shape: Bulbous round amphora formHollowing: StandardMouth, neck and lip: Sprawling cylindric neck with flat top and large mouthBase: Round elevated and slightly convex baseStopper: Tourmaline on onyx platelet with a nice ivory spoonHeight of the bottle with stopper: 5.6 cmWidth of the mouth: 7 mmWidth of the neck: 13 mmCondition: Excellent with one tiny imperfection to lip (hardly visible to the naked eye) and very minor wear to enamelsProvenance: American Private CollectionLiterature comparison: The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part IV. Christie’s, March 15th 2017, New York, lot 312. (for an example of a Guyue Xuan bottle with the more common pheasant).Expertise: Alexander Zacke古月軒白料琺瑯彩孔雀青松鼻煙壺, 桃子款琺瑯彩繪白不透明玻璃中國, 1770–1840年青松孔雀巧妙地繪成, 底有 桃子為款，多色琺瑯彩. 孔雀又爲地上鳳凰，松下栖息圖很受歡迎, 代表大方、美麗與功名. 在鼻煙壺上較為罕見. 或為皇家內廷作品. 形狀：球形削肩掏膛：標準瓶口、頸、瓶唇： 展開圓柱形頸, 平頭, 大口底足：圓形稍微突出底蓋: 電氣石在縞瑪瑙片上, 優美牙雕勺高（帶蓋）：5.6厘米口徑：0.7厘米頸部直徑：1.3厘米狀態敘述：完善, 唇部一小處瑕疵, 幾乎看不到的 琺瑯彩稍微磨損來源：美國私人舊藏文獻: The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part IV. Christie’s, 2017年3月15日, New York, 編號312.
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