Lot number 196 - Auction
EIN FEINES UNTERGLASURBLAUES UND KUPFERROTES SNUFFBOTTLE MIT FIGURENDARSTELLUNG

A FINE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND COPPER-RED 'FIGURAL' SNUFF BOTTLE China, Qing Dynasty Porcelain. H. 7.8 cm. The snuff bottle is finely painted with a scene of the host sitting on the couch while meeting the guests. With traces of use, partially cracked, without stopper. Provenance: From an old private collection in North Rhine-Westphalia, acquired between 1970 and 1975 in China at state-owned antique and curio store in Tianjin or Guangzhou.