Bottle: snuff

One glazed blue and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck with a beaded rim surmounts an elongated rounded rectangular cylindrical body with high shoulders tapering sharply inwards towards a slightly out-turned circular base. Neck ringed with ruyi pattern. Body presents a continuous design of figures dancing and playing in a garden landscape. Base exhibits mark of Yongzheng (1723-1735 AD).

82x46mm (h x w)

C1960.93

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Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 AD)