Famille-Rose Porcelain Snuff Bottle with Figural Scene, Inscription and Apocryphal Yongzheng Mark

Object/Artifact

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The Curio Cabinet Collection

Name/Title

Famille-Rose Porcelain Snuff Bottle with Figural Scene, Inscription and Apocryphal Yongzheng Mark

Entry/Object ID

SB3705

Description

Chinese porcelain snuff bottle of globular pear form with elongated cylindrical neck, decorated in polychrome overglaze enamels with a continuous narrative scene of figures in traditional dress amid stylized cloud and landscape motifs. The reverse bears a short black-enamel calligraphic inscription accompanied by two iron-red seals, the precise transcription and significance of which remain under research. Underglaze-blue double-line borders encircle the neck and recessed circular foot, which bears an iron-red four-character Yongzheng nian zhi (雍正年製) reign mark considered apocryphal pending further study. Fitted with a blue-and-white porcelain stopper and cork collar. Probably 19th century.

Category

Chinese snuff bottle

Made/Created

Artist

Maker presently unidentified

Time Period

19th Century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Asia

Culture/Tribe

Chinese

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Short black-enamel Chinese calligraphic inscription accompanied by two iron-red seals. Several individual characters are legible, but a reliable complete transcription and translation have not yet been established. Iron-red four-character Yongzheng nian zhi (雍正年製) reign mark; considered apocryphal/pseudo-reign mark pending further research.”

Dimensions

Height

2-7/8 in

Diameter

1-7/8 in

Weight

58 g

Materials

Material

Porcelain

Material Notes

With polychrome overglaze enamels, iron-red mark and underglaze-blue borders

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Acquisition

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Relationships

Related Entries

Entry

Famille-Rose Porcelain Snuff Bottle with Heroic Figural Scene and Inscription
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Pair of Famille-Rose Porcelain Snuff Bottles with Figural Narrative Scenes and Inscriptions

Notes

This bottle is one of four closely related porcelain snuff bottles presently identified in the collection (SB3705, SB3706, SB3708A–B). Shared enamel palette, figural painting style, landscape conventions, calligraphy, seals, stopper types and related inscriptions suggest that the bottles may have been produced as members of a coordinated series and potentially belonged to a larger original set. Further comparative research is warranted.

General Notes

Note Type

Historical Note

Note

This bottle is one of four closely related porcelain snuff bottles presently identified in the collection (SB3705, SB3706, SB3708A–B). Shared enamel palette, figural painting style, landscape conventions, calligraphy, seals, stopper types and related inscriptions suggest that the bottles may have been produced as members of a coordinated series and potentially belonged to a larger original set. Further comparative research is warranted.