I.24
Transitional Peonies

Famille rose enamels on glass; with a flat lip, flat foot, and flat foot rim; decorated with a continuous design of peonies and asters growing beside ornamental rocks in a garden, the neck with a band of leiwen (‘thunder pattern’) above a mantle of stylized petals
Palace workshops, Beijing, 1730–1738
Height: 4.5 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.8/1.5 cm
Stopper: amethyst

Provenance:
Robert Hall

Published:
Journal of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, Spring 2004, back cover