177 - A ‘FAMILLE-ROSE’ PORCELAIN ‘FISHERMAN’ SNUFF BOTTLE IMPERIAL KILNS, JINGDEZHEN, DAOGUANG IRON-RED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD, 1821-1850

A ‘FAMILLE-ROSE’ PORCELAIN ‘FISHERMAN’ SNUFF BOTTLE IMPERIAL KILNS, JINGDEZHEN, DAOGUANG IRON-RED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD, 1821-1850 To Be Sold Without Reserve Of teardrop form, with a continuous scene of fisherman in straw hat and raincoat, squatting patiently in his boat amid a winter riverscape and frosty bare trees, all finely picked out in fugitive grisaille, iron-red and white enamels, four-character mark in iron-red Height: 7cm Provenance: J. W. Trigg collection Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, 10th February 1976, lot 62 Mrs C. Kreuger Collection, (copy of invoice available) Sotheby’s Hong Kong 30th October 2000, lot 652 Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd, 15th November 2000, (a copy of the original invoice available) Illustrated: Front cover ICSBS JOURNAL, Winter 2006, Volume XXXVIII, number 3 For a similar painted example see The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Part I, Bonhams, Hong Kong, 28th May 2010, lot 125., published in Treasury 6, no.1319 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