145 - A RARE UNGLAZED BISCUIT PORCELAIN ‘LOTUS’ SNUFF BOTTLE JINGDEZHEN, 1820-1880

A RARE UNGLAZED BISCUIT PORCELAIN ‘LOTUS’ SNUFF BOTTLE JINGDEZHEN, 1820-1880 To Be Sold Without Reserve Moulded and carved in the form of a flask, of compressed, elongated ovoid form tapering to a cylindrical neck with a raised, upper neck-rim, contained within a wrapped lotus leaf growing from a stem alongside a flower, a bud and other aquatic plants, a beetle crawling beside the gathered stems Height: 8.6cm Provenance: J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 1997 Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd, 7th November 2001, (a copy of the original invoice available) This is a rare, unglazed bottle from the school of usually brightly glazed animal and fruit form bottles from the nineteenth century discussed in Moss, Graham, Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, under nos. 243-246. Spur marks on one side suggest that it was fired on spurs to lay the bottle flat 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