AN IMPERIAL CLOISONNE AND GILT-BRONZE 'LOTUS AND ASTER' SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTYChina, 18th century. Well enameled on each side with a lobed white-ground panel enclosing lotus scrolls to one side and aster sprays to the other, surrounded by floral and foliate motifs against a turquoise ground.Provenance: French private collection. Condition: Superb condition with minor wear, microscopic nicks here and there, and manufacturing flaws, including pitting and some open bubbles.Stopper: Carnelian cabochon, carved in Beijing style, with a turquoise collar and nicely carved spoonWeight: 57.5 gDimensions: Height including stopper 65 mm. Diameter neck 17 mm and mouth 9 mmThe flattened globular body rising from an oval spreading foot with gilt-bronze rim to a short waisted neck with a gilt-bronze everted lip.The present lot belongs to a group of cloisonne enamel bottles, some with only partial inlay of enamels, of similar design, and many different color combinations, which are now considered to be the Imperial output of the Palace workshops from the mid- to late- eighteenth century. This bottle represents cloisonne enamel at its finest, with a simple, formalized design beautifully disposed on an elegant form, the simple coloring giving strength to the abstraction and the substantial wires well gilded against a perfectly even surface.Literature comparison: Comparable cloisonne enamel bottles include one illustrated by Helmut Brinker and Albert Lutz, Chinese Cloisonne: The Pierre Uldry Collection, no. 364; one illustrated by Pamela Friedman, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Pamela R. Lessing Friedman Collection, p. 128, no. 104; and another by Hugh Moss, Snuff Bottles of China, no. 272.Auction result comparison: Compare with a related cloisonne snuff bottle at Christie's New York in Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the J & J Collection on 30 March 2005, lot 9, sold for USD 10,800.清代御制銅胎掐絲琺琅開光花卉紋鼻烟壺 中國,十八世紀。每面開光,白地上深藍花卉枝葉紋。剩餘部位綠松石琺琅釉地卷草紋。 來源:法國私人收藏. 品相:狀況極佳,有輕微磨損,到處有細微的刻痕以及製造缺陷,包括點蝕和一些開放的氣泡。 壺蓋:紅玉髓,北京風格,綠松石托,精緻小壺匙 重量:57.5 克 尺寸:總高65 毫米。頸部直徑17 毫米,嘴部直徑9 毫米 拍賣結果比較:一件相近掐絲琺琅鼻烟壺見紐約佳士得Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the J & J Collection 拍場,2005年3月30日 lot 9, 售價USD 10,800.