20 - AN IRON-RED AND GILT MOULDED PORCELAIN ‘DRAGON’ SNUFF BOTTLE

AN IRON-RED AND GILT MOULDED PORCELAIN ‘DRAGON’ SNUFF BOTTLE IMPERIAL KILNS, JINGDEZHEN, 1770-1830 To Be Sold Without Reserve Of slender teardrop form, moulded with identical five-clawed dragons chasing ‘flaming pearls’ to each side, picked out in iron-red and gilt Height 6.5cm Provenance: Nils Nessim, Stockholm, 1966 Guo’an Collection (Ann Kreuger) Sotheby’s Hong Kong, The Guo’an Sale 30th October 2000, lot 744 Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd, 15th November 2000, (a copy of the original invoice available) In the late Qianlong period, a group of porcelain bottles was made for the Court at Jingdezhen which simulated glass overlays. They are usually of blue enamelled relief on a white ground, but this is a rare iron- red version. Standing alone, this would not obviously be seen as a simulated glass overlay, but its relationship to the blue examples suggest that it may be 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