I.22
Archival Prunus
Famille-rose enamels on copper, with gold; with a flat lip and slightly concave foot; painted with a continuous design of blossoming prunus branches; the foot inscribed in regular script Yongzheng nian zhi 雍正年製 (‘Made in the Yongzheng era’); the exterior exposed metal surfaces originally all gilt, the interior covered with turquoise enamel.
Palace workshops, Beijing, 1723–1735
Height: 5.25 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.8/1.2 cm
Stopper: gilt bronze, chased with a formalized shou character (made from half a garment button)

Provenance:
Sotheby’s, London, 16 November 1999
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd, November 1999

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