16 - A FAMILLE-ROSE ENAMELLED ‘IDLE SCHOLARS’ WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, YANGZHOU, APOCRYPHAL IRON-RED FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK OF QIANLONG, 1850-1910

A FAMILLE-ROSE ENAMELLED ‘IDLE SCHOLARS’ WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, YANGZHOU, APOCRYPHAL IRON-RED FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK OF QIANLONG, 1850-1910 To Be Sold Without Reserve A FAMILLE-ROSE ENAMELLED ‘IDLE SCHOLARS’ WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE YANGZHOU, APOCRYPHAL IRON-RED FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK OF QIANLONG, 1850-1910 Of flattened, elongated oval form with a cylindrical neck, painted on one side with a scholar, reclining in a boat by the river, beneath an overhanging willow and another tree, with rocks and grass in the foreground, on the other with the scholar, Meng Haoran, holding a branch of prunus blossom on a grassy bank beneath a flowering prunus tree, with another beyond, with foreground bamboo or grass, and a rocky bank, the neck with a border of formalized flower heads on a scrolling stem, with a somewhat similar design on each narrow side separating the two designs and standing in for mask and ring handles, the foot inscribed in iron-red enamel seal script, Qianlong nian zhi (‘made during the Qianlong period’) Height: 7.4cm Provenance: Chinese dealer, Tianjing, 1941 The Ko Collection, Italy 1998 For a discussion on this group of Yangzhou enamelled bottles, illustrated, discussed and re-dated by Hugh Moss and Stuart H. Sargent, The Yangzhou Conundrum, August 2018 Ω This Lot was imported from outside of the UK, under the Temporary Admission regime 5% import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer” and 20% VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium