Flowers & Birds

QING PERIOD 1644 to 1911

AN OUTSTANDING FLOWER AND BIRD 珐琅彩 FALANGCAI SNUFF BOTTLE

The bottle of compressed ovoid form. Leafy cartouche on either side, intricately painted with scenes of flowers, birds and rockery against a white ground .
Tan brown shoulders, a red four petal flower centred. Pale green leaves.
The collar with white neck decorated with red curlicues, encircled under with a pale gold lappet necklace edged in black.
The foot with inverted ruyi heads in shades of pale and dark grey with pink dots separating.

The base with a Blue Qianlong Seal Mark on a white ground.

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: 5.6 cm
Width about: 4.6 cm
A$3,000

Ref: A nearly identical painted snuff bottle is recorded in The Collectors Book of Snuff Bottles 1976 Bob C. Stevens. Image # 982