Message #50687

[Joey Silver / Si Zhouyi 義周司]

Dear Adrian,

      You'd think so, but you'd be wrong. 
Look at #102, #105 and #110 in "Dragon"; all three are partially decorated with Mon copying Japanese design, and on a Chinese snuff bottle. The use of Japanese Mon (stylized floral elements) started during the Transitional Period (between Ming and Qing) on export wares, especially those being sent to Japan. But they became popular on wares for the Court from ca.1715 in the late Kangxi reign, and continued.
Best,
Shabbat Shalom,
Joey

  I think it may be unlikely that the Chinese would adopt a Japanese style on an item, a snuff bottle, that was so Chinese in origin.

  So there is a possibility that any Chinese style cloisonné snuff bottle could be  produced in Japan but far less likelihood that a Japanese style bottle was made in China.

Regards, Adrian.