Descrizione
Description: Chinese snuff bottle of cylindrical shape decorated in underglaze cobalt blue in “Master of the rocks” style with a scene depicting a fisherman in a mountain lake scenery, with trees and pavilions.
Mark: Yongzheng mark
Dating: Late 18th / early 19th century
Material: Porcelain, glazed inside. The outside covered with a creamy glaze.
Size: 77 mm high
Stopper: Coral stopper and bone spoon
Provenance: Antiquarian market
References: Two bottles with identical scene and painting style are illustrated in Robert Kleiner’s book “In search of a Dragon, Underglaze Blue and White porcelain in the collection of Joseph Baruch Silver”, at pages 88 and 89.
Notes: The last picture is showing a direct comparison, with the same dimensional ratio, of this bottle and the two mentioned as a reference. The exact number and position of rocks, mountains, trees, are proving that the painters of these bottles used reference drawings.
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