Imperial Pursuit

Imperial kilns, Jingdezhen, 1821-1850
Height: 5.76 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.85/1.20 cm
Stopper: glass; glass collar

Provenance:
Ko Collection
Christie' s, London,14th June 1971, lot 69
J & J Collection
Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles VI, Etude Jutheau, Boston, 10th October, 1991, lot 68
Joseph Grimberg Collection
Sotheby’s, New York, 14 September 2010, Lot 129
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd.

Published:
Hugh Moss and Stuart Sargent, The Water, Pine and Stone Retreat Collection of Snuff Bottles. Part One, Imperial Influence over the Snuff Bottle Arts.

 

Green, black, white and iron-red enamels on colourless glaze on porcelain; with a flat lip and very slightly concave oval foot; moulded and painted with a five-claw Imperial dragon flying in pursuit of a flaming pearl, the foot inscribed in seal script Daoguang nian zhi 道光年製 (‘Made in the Daoguang era’), the interior unglazed.

Alexander Whittaker