Gu yue xuan 月轩鼻 (Ancient Moon Pavilion), Qianlong mark and period, 乾隆 1736–1795

Pastel enamels on milky-white glass, one side finely painted with a farmer riding a large ox crossing a small stream on a wooden bridge with a blossoming cherry tree and a willow tree in the background, the other side decorated with two farmers riding mules in hills with cherry trees, the bottle of flattened pear form with a tall cylindrical neck and a raised flat base with a Qianlong nian zhi (made during the Qianlong period) seal mark in iron-red.

H: 6.4 cm

Provenance 起源:
Linda F. Crawley
Robert Hall

Published 发布: Asiantiques, A Fascination for Miniatures: The Linda F. Crawley Collection of Chinese Snuff (2008), cat. no. 84

Ref. 084-L0558

Price on request