219 - A RARE IRON-RED ENAMELLED PORCELAIN ‘RED PEPPER’ SNUFF BOTTLE JINGDEZHEN, 1780-1850

A RARE IRON-RED ENAMELLED PORCELAIN ‘RED PEPPER’ SNUFF BOTTLE JINGDEZHEN, 1780-1850 To Be Sold Without Reserve Moulded in the form of a pepper and covered in a coral-coloured glaze Height: 6.2cm Provenance: The Ko Collection (Shanghai, 1930) Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd, 30th September 2008, (a copy of the original invoice available) This is a rare example from a range of porcelain bottles, mostly from the mid-Qing period or the nineteenth century, in the form of various fruit and vegetables. Commonest among them were corns-on-the-cob, but aubergines and peppers were also made, and this is a rare example of a red-pepper A similar example may be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, bequest of Edmund C. Converse, 1921, object number: 21.175.401a, b 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