26 - A ‘FAMILLE ROSE’ ENAMELLED ‘LADIES IN A LANDSCAPE’ WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE YANGZHOU, APOCRYPHAL IRON-RED FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK OF QIANLONG, 1850-1910

A ‘FAMILLE ROSE’ ENAMELLED ‘LADIES IN A LANDSCAPE’ WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE YANGZHOU, APOCRYPHAL IRON-RED FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK OF QIANLONG, 1850-1910 To Be Sold Without Reserve Of cylindrical shouldered form, painted with a partially continuous garden scene with trees, ornamental rocks a grassy ground, flowering shrubs and a woven bamboo or similar fence in which three ladies, one with a hoe, and two with full baskets are gathering plants, the lower part of the picture continuous, the upper part stopping abruptly in the middle of a rocky outcrop, the neck with a band of formalized flowers, the foot inscribed in iron-red enamel seal script Qianlong nian zhi (Made during the Qianlong period) 乾隆年制 Height: 5.9cm Provenance: Margaret Pollack Collection, San Francisco Robert Kleiner, May 2007 Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd, 22nd October 2007, (a copy of the original invoice available) 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