A famille rose 'Buddhist lion' snuff bottleJiaqing seal mark and of the periodWell modelled in the form of a standing Buddhist lion with a ribbon-tied brocade ball, the body depicted with precise details including its facial features, limbs, curling mane, boss-decorated backbone and bifurcated tail, brightly enamelled in blue, green, yellow, pink and red with its bulging eyes picked out in black, jadeite stopper.6.5cm (2½in) high (2).注脚ProvenanceA European private collection, and thence by descent.Snuff bottles in the form of a Buddhist lion with a brocade ball, as in the present lot, were popular in the Qing Dynasty, and examples are included in well-known museums and private collections. See a similar example, Daoguang, illustrated by R.Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles XI: The Snowy Peaks Collection, Hong Kong, 2005, pl.47. Compare also an example of a lion and cub snuff bottle, Qianlong, illustrated by R.L.Hobson, The Later Ceramic Wares of China, London, 1925, pl.LXIX, fig.3. Another related example in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is illustrated by H.White, Snuff Bottles from China: the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, London, 1992, p.246, pl.114. A further example, dated to the late 18th century, formerly in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Neal Hunter, is illustrated by B.C.Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York and Tokyo, 1976, p.103, pl.349.