AN ENAMELED YIXING SNUFF BOTTLE1780-1850 Of ovoid form with shoulders sloping to a cylindrical neck and with a slightly splayed oval footrim, decorated using famille rose enamels on one main side with a butterfly flying above lotus leaves, pods and flowers, the reverse with a magpie flying towards a blossoming prunus tree, the neck encircled in blue enamel with a leiwen border above a circle of lingzhi heads, the white enameled base encircled with a single band above a leiwen border , the narrow sides with blue enameled mock mask-and-ring handles; stopper. 2 1/2in (6.3cm) high 1780-1850 宜興陶胎畫粉彩喜上眉梢圖帶舖首啣環鼻煙壺一件 Provenance: Acquired November 1984, Los Angeles, CA. Joan and Ted Dorf Collection, no. 147 Yixing snuff bottles can generally be divided into three main gro – undecorated of varying forms, slip-decorated and enameled. The enamel group into which this bottle fits, often uses color tones of green or blue, emulating the green-blue landscapes of Tang dynasty painting. This bottle is enameled however with both color palettes with the blue palette being used to frame the main scene on each side. Both color tones are vivid against the brownish-purple clay.