Description:

A SOFT-PASTE RECUMBENT BUDDHIST LION SNUFF BOTTLE
Chinese, early 19th century, porcelain, probably Imperial, Jingdezhen Kilns. Molded in the round as a reclining Buddhist lion with a beribboned ball in its mouth and forepaws. The bottle is covered overall in a crackled creamy white glaze, the protruding eyes in black enamel.
A similar crackled cream-glazed bottle from the J & J Collection was sold September 16, 2008, lot 29, and another is illustrated by M. Hughes, The Blair Bequest, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Princeton University Art Museum, Baltimore, 2002, p. 210, no. 285. A multi-colored enameled example is illustrated in Bob C. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles," New York, 1976, p. 281, no. 1007.
This group of Buddhist lion-form snuff bottles depict the lion grasping a brocade ball, or a lioness with cub. For a cream-glazed example of the latter form, see H. Moss, Snuff Bottles of China, London, 1971, p. 125. no. 288, and H. White, Snuff Bottles from China, London, 1992, pl. 114, no. 3, for a multi-colored example in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

    Dimensions:
  • Bottle length: 2 3/4 in. (6.99 cm.); 37 grams

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