A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE FOUR CHARACTER DAOGUANG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1821-50With a flattened body painted with a scene based on Qiu Sheng Fu, of a scholar at his desk in a pagoda looking down at his attendant standing in the garden, with a short poem reading xing yue jiao jie Ming he zai tian to the reverse, raised on an oval foot, 6cm.Cf. Christie's New York, The Ruth and Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles Part IV, 15th March 2017, lot 479 for a similar example. Qiu Sheng Fu, Ode to the Sounds of Autumn was written by the Song dynasty poet Ouyang Xiu.