58 - A ‘FAMILLE-R0SE’ PORCELAIN ‘DOGS AND DOVES’ SNUFF BOTTLE IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, SHENDE TANG MARK, 1821-1850

A ‘FAMILLE-R0SE’ PORCELAIN ‘DOGS AND DOVES’ SNUFF BOTTLE IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, SHENDE TANG MARK, 1821-1850 To Be Sold Without Reserve Of compressed oval form with a cylindrical neck with mask and elongated ring handles on the narrow sides, both enamelled in two colours of blue with iron-red rings, painted on one side with a Pekinese dog amidst bamboo plants in a grassy garden scene and on the other with two doves in a rocky garden setting with lilies, the foot inscribed in iron-red regular script Shende tang zhi (`Made for the Hall for the Cultivation of Virtue’) Height: 6.4cm Provenance: Alex S. Cussons Collection Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd, 26th September 1996 (a copy of the original invoice available) The Shende tang was the personal residence of the Daoguang Emperor. It was a palace within the Yuanming yuan compound (the Imperial Summer Palace to the north-west of Beijing) in which he died (see Clare Lawrence, Miniature Masterpieces from the Middle Kingdom. The Monimar Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, p. 229). There are a number of porcelain snuff bottles bearing this highly Imperial mark of the Daoguang Emperor, and two in glass. It was also used on other porcelain wares for use in the Palace. The designation indicates production for the Shende Tang in the Summer Palace and, if in porcelain at the Imperial Kilns of Jingdezhen Ω This Lot was imported outside of the UK, under the Temporary Admission scheme. 5% import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ price and 20% VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’. If proof of export outside of the UK can be provided for this item within 3 months of the sale date, then the VAT can be refunded. Please contact us for further details and shipping advice