Imperial Anonymity

Unsigned work by Wang Bingrong 王炳榮, Jingdezhen 1820-1860
Height: 5.98 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.65/1.45 cm
Stopper: coral

Provenance:
Robert Hall
Ferrari Collection
Robert Hall, September 2012.

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.

Yellow glaze (or enamel) on white porcelain; with a flat lip and recessed flat, oval foot surrounded by a protruding convex, oval foot rim; with a double body, the outer layer reticulated to reveal the plain inner body and decorated with a continuous design of a four clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl amidst formalized flames and clouds, the interior unglazed