| Mid Qing White-Glazed Buddhist Lion Porcelain Snuff Bottle |
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| c. 1790 – 1810s Qianlong / Jiaqing period, Qing dynasty Porcelain with white glaze Length: 7 cm From a San Francisco Bay area estate [SOLD] A charming and unusual white-glazed porcelain snuff bottle, made between 1790 – 1810, and mould-cast in the form of a recumbent Buddhist lion with a brocaded ball between its mouth and paws. The eyes are accented with black glaze and a ring of exposed biscuit, while the original stopper is capped with turquoise and natural coral. A similar snuff bottle in the Hildegard Schonfeld Collection was sold by Christies New York on 21 March 2013 (lot 1093 sale 2801).
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