Puce Landscape

QING PERIOD 1644 to 1911

A MAGNIFICENT PUCE LANDSCAPE 珐琅彩 FALANGCAI SNUFF BOTTLE

The bottle of flattened ovoid form.
An oval panel on both sides each bearing a scene exquisitely painted with fine details in varying shades of puce enamels against a white background.
A fisherman dressed in short tunic and pantaloon, straw hat on his back, he stands at the end of his covered sampan casting a net into the rolling waves.
To the side a rocky cliff face, a branching pine tree leaning outwards, seagrasses growing.

The reverse, in the foreground pine trees and rock formations.
A fenced two tiered stepped pavilion, large pine with knotted trunk, overhanging branches.

The neck with lavender lotus blossoms and green scrolling.
The shoulders and sides painted in imperial yellow decorated with scrolling acanthus in shades of green, above a pink and green lotus flower, a blue lotus flower centred. a lime green blossom under.
The foot scrolling with a stylised blossom.

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

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

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: 5.4 cm
Width about: 4.6 cm
A$3500

Similar Bottles:
An identical bottle was in the Collection of Mr & Mrs Dennis Low.
Refer Arts of Asia Magazine Volume 32 Number 5 page 34.



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 Shining).