68 - AN UNUSUAL ‘LIME GREEN’ CLOISONNE SNUFF BOTTLE 1860-1940

AN UNUSUAL ‘LIME GREEN’ CLOISONNE SNUFF BOTTLE 1860-1940 To Be Sold Without Reserve Of cylindrical form, with a slightly waisted cylindrical neck, decorated around the main body with a millefleurs design in yellow, red, black, blue and green enamels on a lime-green ground, the shoulders with a band of formalized lingzhi-heads beneath a neck band of the same over a leaf-lappet band, the base with a band of formalized clouds with a further band of leaf or petal lappets above, the base turquoise blue Height: 8.1cm Provenance: Laurence Souksi, Paris, June 2006 Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd, 22nd October 2007, (a copy of the original invoice available) It is extremely rare to find tutenag (nickel silver) involved in cloisonné snuff bottles, but when it is found the metal surfaces are usually left un-gilded, as here. This colour combination is also unique, with some transparent enamels, rather than opaque or translucent ones which were standard for cloisonné wares from China – as a rule the transparent enamels were used with different techniques 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