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An Appetizing Cabbage

The Collection > Porcelain > First Part



  • Porcelain

  • Figural bottle

  • Fine porcelain snuff bottle (Xianfeng / Tongzhi) molded in the form of a cabbage, covered in a white and greenish glaze.



Period

  • 1851 - 1874



Size

  • Height cm. 7.0
  • Mouth cm. 0.6
  • Lip cm. 1.1



Stopper

  • Red Coral
Provenance

  • Christie's South Kensington, London - 12 February 2004 - Lot 57



Exhibit

  • Palazzina delle Arti: Museo del Sigillo (Seal Museum), La Spezia - Italy, November 2010 - January 2011
Comparison

  • Sotheby's New York - 17 September 1996 - Lot 231

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