AN ENAMELED PORCELAIN 'DRAGON' SNUFF BOTTTLE 1875-1908PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF KIM GREENAN ENAMELED PORCELAIN 'DRAGON' SNUFF BOTTTLE1875-1908Of slender pear-shape, standing on an oval footrim and with a cylindrical neck with a flat gilded lip, enameled using famille verte colors with iron-red, each main side with a roundel of a confronted scaly dragon clasping a flaming pearl, surrounded by scrolling flames, above a border of frothy green waves at the base, the neck encircled with an iron-red lingzhi border, the base with an iron-red Guangxu nian zhi mark and of the period.3in (7.5cm) high1875-1908 瓷胎彩繪龍團紋鼻煙壺一件《光緒年製》款Provenance:Eldred's Auction House, August 26, 2010 Kim Green collection no. 118In the Guangxu period, late in the nineteenth century, the imperial kilns were resurrected and became active again under the direction of Cixi, the Empress Dowager. The style of earlier wares began to be copied again with some success as is the case here. This form and decoration of this type of bottle is taken from large palace vases, some of which survive with Guangxu nian zhi marks on their bases.