Qianlong Famille-Rose Double-Gourd Snuff Bottle

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A Chinese famille-rose porcelain moulded and enamelled 'double-gourd' snuff bottle, Qianlong four character mark, height 5 cm. The prototype of this bottle is well-known. The Qianlong-period examples are in the J & J Collection, Moss, Graham, and Tsang 1993, no. 231; Lady David 1973, no. 836; JICSBS, Summer 1988, inside cover; Geng and Zhao, no. 122; Li Jiufang 2002, no. 311, and etc. One from the Bloch collection was sold with Bonhams Hong Kong for HK$8,384,000 on 23 Nov 2010, lot 121, sale 18592

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