A coral red and gilt decorated porcelain 'lotus' snuff bottle


Late 18th/early 19th centuryThe compressed bottle rising to a waisted neck with an everted lip, each main side painted in gilt with a large central blossom and leaf scrolls separated by tasseled chimes on the narrow sides, all above a lappet band surrounding a gilt oval foot ring enclosing an iron-red Yongzheng four-character seal mark to the recessed base.1 7/8in (4.8cm) high
|Compare a nearly identical bottle of the same height, also bearing a Yongzheng mark in iron-red seal script, sold in our New York rooms, 10 September 2018, sale 24821, lot 17. 十八世紀晚期/十九世紀早期 珊瑚地描金纒枝蓮紋鼻煙壺 《壅正年製》款