Chinese Boys

QING PERIOD 1644 to 1911

A SUPERB CHINESE BOYS 珐琅彩 FALANGCAI SNUFF BOTTLE

The bottle of rounded flattened form. The collar with blue scrolling on a white ground.
Set within circular borders, a young boy in red robe holding an ink stone in his left hand ,in his right an ink brush.
Peony blossoms, daisies foliage and rockery

The reverse, a young boy in a pale blue tunic holding a red ball. Peonies leafage and rockery.
The surrounds, Imperial yellow bearing green scrolling, a red 4 petal flower

A four character Kangxi Period Mark in cobalt blue against a white ground under.

A Miniature Masterpiece

Formerly the property of a Japanese collector

Condition: Excellent.
No original cap.

A modern gold metal colour filigreed stopper is offered.

Refer Large Images for details, quality and condition, they also form the description.
Depending on your computer monitor / phone / etc colour may vary to actual.

Dimensions are maximum measurements

Height about: 5.5 cm
Width about: 4.7 cm
A$3,000


This superb bottle is comparable in quality to those bottles produced in the Imperial Workshops of the Imperial Palace, 造 辦 處 Zaobanchu .

Enamel snuff bottles painted with European scenes were a favourite of the Chinese Court and Chinese collectors in the Qing Period 1644 to 1911.
Snuff bottles were in great demand by western collectors starting in the 19th century and still are.
Snuff bottles with European style artworks were normally based on prints and books transported to China by travellers.
The demand for Chinese art and antiques exploded when the first appropriated artworks taken from the Summer Palace made their way back to England France etc.
Considered by all the major experts such as Bob C. Stevens (the Collectors Book of Snuff Bottlers 1976) and the major famous collections, such as Guo'an. Bloch. Meriem. J & J. to name a few.
The finest of all snuff bottles are those that are enamelled on copper, brass, glass, gold.
The art of enamelling was introduced to the Chinese Court in the Kangxi era 1654 to 1722, by the Jesuit Guiseppe Castiglione (Lan Shini