A FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN 'BATS AND CHIMES' SNUFF BOTTLE 1875-1920PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF KIM GREENA FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN 'BATS AND CHIMES' SNUFF BOTTLE1875-1920Of compressed, rounded form standing on a raised oval footrim, with a cylindrical neck and slightly everted gilded lip, the bottle decorated in famille rose and iron-red enamels, each side with a bronze chime suspended from a bat in flight, above a scrolling, leafy lotus flower, the central elements surrounded by blossoming flowers, the neck encircled with an interlocked lingzhi border, the foot with a scrolling band, the narrow sides with a flowerhead flanked by lotus leaves and flowers, the base with a four character iron-red Qianlong nian zhi mark in seal script.2in (5cm) high1875-1920 瓷胎粉彩繪蝙蝠啣磬鼻煙壺一件《乾隆年製》款Provenance:Xanadu Gallery, San Francisco, CA. April 26, 2008 Kim Green collection no. 110In the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the imperial kilns were resurrected under the jurisdiction of Cixi, the Empress Dowager. The style of earlier wares began to be copied again with some success as is the case here.