Monday, November 14, 2016

Late 18th to Early 19th Jingdezhen Porcelain Chinese Snuff Bottle

Late 18th to Early 19th, soft paste, dark underglaze blue, crackled glaze, and 3" tall.

Certainly the most fragile porcelain bottle I have ever handled. Really thin wall. The scripts can be translated, "德勝門" which means Gate of Triumph and "旗旗德勝" means triumphant in every battle. Gate of Triumph is located on the East side of the ticket gate floor of Deshengmen Watchtower, a city gate that was once part of Beijing's Northern city wall.

The previous name of this gate was  得勝門   得勝 means to get victory by simple violent force ; while it changed to name  德勝樓 the meaning get deeper, since 德勝 means to get victory not by force anymore , but Morality

The style of painting is very unusual. I know of only one collector who has one, and also a reference within Bob Stevens book, #267 dated Late 18th, Early 19th.

Hairline kiln flaw on neck. 

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