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Title: Lady shaped snuff bottle
Post by: guest636 on August 25, 2017, 12:54:23 pm
This one I think is a beauty! And only 5,5 cm high. I bought her at a flee market in Chinatown in Singapore in late 1990's. It is probably made for tourists, but still a nice item. The marks seem to be very fresh and new, but I'm a novice and don't know anything about chinese marks - yet. I would very much like to have a translation of the marks.
Best regards
Arne


Title: Re: Lady shaped snuff bottle
Post by: rpfstoneman on August 25, 2017, 01:12:28 pm
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This one I think is a beauty! ....... I bought her at a flee market in Chinatown in Singapore in late 1990's. It is probably made for tourists,...

Arne,

In my opinion your are right on both counts in the statement above.  A higher grade "tourist trade bottle" of above average quality, and I feel a very nice collector piece.  A nice crisp and fresh 4-character Quainlong (1736-1795) reign mark.   

From the stand point of contemporary pieces, this would measure up to a quality level of many of my contemporary interior painted snuff bottles, which many of us collect.

Charll


Title: Re: Lady shaped snuff bottle
Post by: Joey Silver / Si Zhouyi 義周司 on August 25, 2017, 04:32:23 pm
I would agree with Charll, re. the modern copy of a Qianlong reign mark on this nice tourist-quality bottle.
Best,
Shabbat Shalom,
Joey


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This one I think is a beauty! ....... I bought her at a flee market in Chinatown in Singapore in late 1990's. It is probably made for tourists,...

Arne,

In my opinion your are right on both counts in the statement above.  A higher grade "tourist trade bottle" of above average quality, and I feel a very nice collector piece.  A nice crisp and fresh 4-character Quainlong (1736-1795) reign mark.   

From the stand point of contemporary pieces, this would measure up to a quality level of many of my contemporary interior painted snuff bottles, which many of us collect.

Charll


Title: Re: Lady shaped snuff bottle
Post by: George on August 25, 2017, 10:39:37 pm
One of the most interesting figural bottle that have seen..

Very nice !


Title: Re: Lady shaped snuff bottle
Post by: Wattana on August 28, 2017, 01:15:51 am
Arne,

I agree with Charll and Joey. This is definitely one of the better quality examples of modern workmanship of this type I have seen. A nice one to have in your collection!

Tom


Title: Re: Lady shaped snuff bottle
Post by: albert on August 30, 2017, 09:28:58 am
Thanks for share, I like to see the "tourist trade bottle" ;)