AN IMPERIAL MOLDED AND ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE, JIAQING MARK AND PERIOD China, Jingdezhen kilns, 1796-1820. The flattened ovoid bottle is crisply molded and finely enameled with a continuous scene depicting Xiwangmu and her attendants receiving an immortal visitor riding a buffalo, in a palace garden with colorful swirling clouds and neatly incised crashing waves, the details picked out in bright enamels. The recessed base with an iron-red four-character seal mark Jiaqing nianzhi and of the period.

Provenance: Collection particulière dans le département Eure-et-Loir, France.
Condition: Some wear, nibbling and manufacturing flaws, a minor hairline to the foot. The neck has been smoothened and the red collar is a later addition.

Stopper: Carved jadeite
Weight: 60 g
Dimensions: Height including stopper 68 mm. Diameter neck 14 mm and mouth 8 mm.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie's New York, 14 September 2012, lot 1158
Price: USD 10,625 or approx. EUR 13,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A famille rose molded porcelain snuff bottle, imperial, Jingdezhen kilns, Jiaqing four-character seal mark in iron red and of the period (1796-1820)
Expert remark: Compare the related form, the finely molded decoration, the seal mark, as well as the related size (63 mm).



嘉慶款及年代御製堆塑粉彩鼻烟壺
中國，景德鎮，1796-1820年。扁平，弦唇，束頸，豐胸，削肩，圈足。琺瑯細膩，描繪西王母及其侍從在園中迎接太上老君，彩雲環繞，浪濤澎拜，細節以明亮的粉彩呈現。圈足内鐵紅釉“嘉慶年製”。

來源：法國 Eure-et-Loir省私人收藏。
品相：有些磨損，磕損和製造瑕疵，足部有輕微的冲線。頸部已經平滑，紅領是後來添加的。

壺蓋：翡翠
重量：60 克
尺寸：高 （含蓋）68 毫米，頸部直徑14 毫米及壺口直徑8 毫米

拍賣結果比較：
形制：相近
拍賣：紐約佳士得，2012年9月14日，lot 1158
價格：USD 10,625（相當於今日EUR 13,000）
描述：嘉慶款及年代景德鎮御製堆塑粉彩鼻烟壺
專家評論：比較相近的外型、精緻的堆塑裝飾、款識，以及相似的尺寸 (63 毫米)。