AN ENAMELLED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE

of rounded shape, the shoulders molded with mock mask and ring handles picked out in gilding, finely painted in famille-rose on one side with a man and two children standing on a bridge, and on the other with a child enticing a Buddhist lion with a brocade ball tied to a string, two figures bearing poles with Buddhist emblems in attendance, the base with a four character Daoguang nianzhi seal mark in iron-red

An English Private Collection.
Clare Lawrence Ltd.

Good condition with just some rubbing to the gilding on the molded mock mask and ring handles.
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