California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 Jan. 20, 2024  Jan. 20, 2024

 Lot # 1008 
A BEIJING ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN MOTHER AND CHILD' SNUFF BOTTLE    清 銅胎畫琺瑯西洋母子鼻煙壺


  • Dimension: Height: 2 3/8 in (5.8 cm) Width: 1 7/8 in (4.5 cm)
  • Estimate From: $4000
  • Estimate To: $6000

Finely enameled, depicting a scene in which a European lady is holding her child beside a tree, with her left hand grasping a floral sprig. The background is set against a lush landscape featuring two European buildings in the distance. The reverse side is adorned with a similar scene of another lady and her child. All scenes are elaborately framed within highly stylized intertwining scroll borders reserved on a green ground. The base is inscribed with a four-character Qianlong reign mark.


Provenance: From a family's private collection, Beverly Hills, California
來源: 洛杉磯比弗利山莊私人家族收藏