A CARVED BISCUIT PORCELAIN 'PRUNUS' SNUFF BOTTLE 1820-1860PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF KIM GREENA CARVED BISCUIT PORCELAIN 'PRUNUS' SNUFF BOTTLE1820-1860Of compressed, ovoid form with a cylindrical neck and standing on a raised, oval footrim, the biscuit porcelain bottle decorated with a prunus tree in blossom, the gnarled trunk with large blooms, the decoration applied in high relief with slip, carved and dyed to provide a color contrast, unsigned but attributed to Wang Bingrong. 2 1/8in (5.5cm) high1820-1820 素瓷胎刻梅花爭艷圖鼻煙壺一件Provenance:Dr. Mary Kaufman, NY. Robert Kleiner, November 7, 2013 Kim Green collection no. 139There are only three recorded bottles with this type of contrasting decoration; the other two being in the Nordic Butterfly Collection, no. 372 and in the Mary and George Bloch Collection, no. 1361. The bottle in the Bloch Collection is signed by Wang Bingrong confirming the attribution for this bottle. All three bottles have very similar decoration with a two-tone color scheme which is both dramatic and subtle in its conception.