Description

Porcelain, tapered towards the shoulder, painted in underglaze blue of soft tone with a sage in a conical hat leaning on a staff beneath a spindly pine tree, accepting a basket of flowers from a small figure highlighted in underglaze copper red, a Yongzheng mark on the base.

Jingdezhen, 1850-1900.

7cm

Published: Robert Kleiner, In Search of a Dragon, Underglaze-Blue and White Porcelain Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Joseph Baruch Silver, no 51.