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Subject:Re: Snuff Bottle? Small Vase? Age?
Posted By: Bill H Thu, Apr 28, 2016
Older hand-painted and transfer-decorated snuff bottles of this sort would usually have the blue & white pattern under the glaze, where it would be immune from wear by rubbing. Your photos are just shy of the closer view and sharper focus that might permit a better reply, but here are some pictures of two late Qing-Republic period snuffs from my collection, the one with blue top having an apocryphal Yongzheng mark on its base. The taller, at about 3.25 inches, is an eighth of an inch more than the other. In my perhaps biased opinion, I believe they exhibit the finer and more even appearance that hand-painting has over transfer decoration. Perhaps others can cast further opinions on the subject.
As to price, I believe I paid about US$50-75 apiece for these at estate sales several years ago.
Best regards,
Bill H.
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