Atomo Collection

• Porcelain
  
  
• Figural bottle
  
  
• Well modeled in the round and enameled in vivid turquoise and aubergine colors as a squirrel grasping onto a branch of fruiting grape vine.

Period

• 1850 - 1940

Size

• Height cm. 8.0
• Mouth cm. 1.2
• Lip cm. 1.7

Stopper

• Red Coral

Provenance

• Christie's South Kensington, London - 12 February 2004 - Lot no. 63

Exhibited

• 41st Convention I.C.S.B.S., Dublin, October 2009
• Palazzina delle Arti: Museo del Sigillo (Seal Museum), La Spezia - Italy, November 2010 - January 2011

Published

• Atomo Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Foti, no. 27, p. 32

Comparison

• Christie's London - 06 December 1972 (Ko Collection) - Lot no. 8
• Christie's New York - 18 October 1993 (Reif Collection) - Lot no. 10
• Christie's New York - 30 March 2005 (J & J Collection) - Lot no. 34