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Jingdezhen Snuff Bottle

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« on: November 13, 2016, 07:29:48 am »
Hi George,

The theme looks like one I have seen on several blue & white porcelain and IP bottles - a city gate with hunters returning, often with a camel in tow.

From memory, the inscription over the gate on other examples was either East or North Gate, so Gate of Triumph is one up on the rest! 

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