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A cinnabar red snuff bottle
Imperial, Beijing Palace Workshops, 18th centuryOf flattened shield shape, each side carved cinnabar lacquer with sixty stylized shou characters on an ocher lacquer wan-fret diaper, all within a leiwen border, with a waisted neck. 2 1/2in (6.4cm) high
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十八世紀 剔紅雕萬壽紋鼻煙壺Several identical, similarly dated bottles have been published, leading scholars to believe the bottles were originally part a of set commissioned to celebrate an imperial birthday. Given the count of sixty shou medallions, the birthday was likely a significant one. For similar bottles see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol.7 part 1, Hong Kong,2009, no.1543, and sold in our Hong Kong rooms 29 May 2010, lot 110; Bob C. Stevens The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, no. 760, and Clare Lawrence, Miniature Masterpieces from the Middle Kingdom, The Monimar Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, London, 1996, no 8.