A CINNABAR LACQUER ‘DRAGON’ SNUFF BOTTLE Cinnabar lacquer in high relief on bronze body. China, late

A CINNABAR LACQUER ‘DRAGON’ SNUFF BOTTLE Cinnabar lacquer in high relief on bronze body. China, late 19th/early 20th centuryIncised and gilt Xuande four-character script mark on the bottom. Continuous depiction of a five-clawed imperial dragon in high relief, surrounded by clouds and flames, on a miniature meander border background.Shape: Round flattened formHollowing: StandardMouth, neck and lip: Short tapered neck with lip and top made of bronze and small mouthBase: Oval base with foot rim made of bronze with a black lacquered convex centerStopper: Matching stopper carved with a single peony and good old ivory stopperHeight of the bottle with stopper: 7 cmWidth of the mouth: 5 mmWidth of the neck: 16 mmCondition: Excellent with some minor abrasions near the footProvenance: Austrian private collectionLiterature comparison: ASIAN ART. Bonham’s, March 23rd 2016, Edinburgh, lot 106. (for another cinnabar lacquer bottle bearing the same mark, but with a different execution of the 'dragon' subject).Expertise: Alexander Zacke剔紅雕漆云龍鼻煙壺銅胎, 剔紅雕漆中國, 19世紀晚期至20世紀早期底部雕並鍍金宣德四字款. 壺面上火焰與雲間五爪龍連綿紋. 背部描繪細小彎曲紋.形狀：扁圓形膛掏：標準瓶口、頸、瓶唇： 短錐頸, 唇與頭部用青銅造, 小口底足：橢圓形底, 足邊用青銅造, 凸出黑漆成中部蓋: 相配, 雕成一條牡丹枝紋, 古雅牙雕勺高（帶蓋）：7厘米口徑：0.5厘米頸部直徑：1.6厘米狀態敘述：完善, 足部有幾個地方稍微磨損來源：奧地利私人舊藏文獻: ASIAN ART. Bonham’s, 2016 年3月23日, Edinburgh, 編號106.