Details
The snuff bottle is of an elongated ovoid form, the side is incised with two five-clawed dragons chasing the underglaze blue flaming pearl amidst the waves. The base is inscribed with an apocryphal Yongzheng four-character mark in underglaze blue.
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high, stopper
Provenance
Robert Kleiner & Co. Ltd., 1996
FranzArt Collection
Literature
FranzArt, Chinese Art from the Hedda and Lutz Franz Collection, Volume Four - Fire, Hong Kong, 2014, pp. 72, 155
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