Four porcelain cabinet bottles19th/early 20th century
Two decorated with rampant dragons: one painted in underglaze blue, the other in black enamel, each inscribed with the Daoguang four-character seal script mark to the base; the third a blue and white bottle depicting a man performing a ritual wine offering to the heaven in a fenced terrace with the company of young boy attendants; the fourth a famille noire enameled bottle painted with official figures on both main sides.
2 3/4 to 3in (7 to 7.6cm) high (4).注脚Provenance
black enameled 'dragon' bottle: Hong Kong Auctioneers & Estate Agency Limited, Hong Kong, 28 November 1993, C301
underglaze blue 'dragon' bottle: Chinese Arts & Crafts ltd., Hong Kong, 12 June 2001
blue and white 'figural' bottle: Chinese Arts & crafts Ltd., Hong Kong, 19 June 1995
famille noire enameled bottle: Chinese Arts & Crafts Ltd., Hong Kong, 13 April 2000