Travellers outside a temple

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Porcelain snuff bottle with a horseback figure

Description

Porcelain, cylindrical in shape, painted with a continuous design of a well-dressed figure on horseback, shaded by a figure under a canopy and protected by sword- and shield-wielding figures, with a sage under a tree; the scene takes place near a temple with the name Chang Mei Si on a banner above.

Jingdezhen, 1850-1900.

7.7cm