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Blue & White Porcelain Bottles

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« Reply #40 on: June 01, 2014, 12:49:42 am »

Another recent bottle that has me puzzled on the age?  Also can anyone decipher the three Chinese characters on the panel above Zhu Bajie (the pig)?

Blue & White Porcelain Snuff Bottle:
Underglaze blue and white porcelain snuff bottle in a small ‘firecracker’ form.  Bottle depicts a scene from the ‘Journey to the West’, a classic Chinese novel published in the 16th century (ca. 1592) during the Ming Dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng'en.  The pig character Zhu Bajie and the Monkey King (Sun Wukong) are seen tugging at a staff while the monk Tang Sanzang (also referred to as Xuanzang ) and his horse look on at the tussle.

The bottle has a ruyi-head collar on the neck that is a typical stylistic device of the late 18th and early 19th century (Kleiner, 2007-In Search of a Dragon).  Fine double underglaze blue lines where the body of the bottle meets the neck and at the base of the painted scene just above the foot rim.

A well balanced six character Yongzheng (1723-1735) mark in underglaze blue on the base enclosed by an fine double blue ring that spans the inter rim of the raised foot.   Fine grained white paste clay body that is almost translucent when held to the light.  Raised unglazed foot rim.  Mammoth tusk ivory stopper and pointed ivory dauber as a spoon.   Only 6.0 cm or 2.35 inches in height. 

Period: believed to be ca.1821-late 1890’s   

Thanks for any help and comments, Charll


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