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« on: January 31, 2018, 03:21:01 pm »

Dear Adrian,

I haven't seen another example exactly like yours, so I can't be sure about the date of your molded porcelain Cicada snuff bottle. In my opinion it would be a 19th century example.  Porcelain snuff bottles were not made in any quantity until the late Qianlong period and molded figure examples are all considered to be after 1790.   The following links show a few examples of porcelain cicada snuff bottles:

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/an-enameled-molded-porcelain-cicada-form-snuff-bottle-5046812-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=5046812&sid=83198e8f-1d6c-4971-bf5d-161dffa6f130


https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/53949703_1819th-c-chinese-qing-dynasty-porcelain-snuff-bottle


And the one from the Bloch collection has more realistic modeled underside:
A 'famille-rose' enamel on porcelain 'cicada' snuff bottle  Jingdezhen, 1790–1850  6.52 cm high.

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20309/lot/139/


Yours looks as though it was excavated after a long burial, I would wait for advice from Giovanni before cleaning.  I have seen him work magic on some awful looking ceramics, so he can probably help you to make this better looking too.

Best regards,

Tom B.
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Tom B.

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