Snuff Bottle Auspicious

QING PERIOD 1644 to 1911

AN EXCELLENT AUSPICIOUS 珐琅彩 FALANGCAI SNUFF BOTTLE
Of compressed ovoid form, the white body intricately enamelled in blue with feathery arabesques on a speckled ground.
Four white roundels each bearing a single Chinese character in iron red 吉 祥 如 意 jí xiáng rú yì, 'Everything goes well' . " Good Luck'.
The collar with a blue keylock design above a necklace of inverted ruyi heads. The foot with keylock design in blue surmounting ruyi heads above a yellow band. The base with a Blue Qianlong Seal Mark on a white ground.

Formerly the property of a Japanese collector

Condition: Very good. No damage..
The cap is NOT original
Either this current replacement cap, or a modern gold metal colour filigreed stopper is offered.

Refer Large Images for details, quality and condition, they also form the description.
Depending on your computer monitor / phone / etc colour may vary to actual.

Dimensions are maximum measurements

Height about: 5.4 cm
Width about: 4.6 cm
A$1,000

Note
I have not seen another snuff bottle of the same appearance as this in more than 40 years.
This superb bottle is comparable in quality to those bottles produced in the Imperial Workshops of the Imperial Palace, 造 辦 處 Zaobanchu

Enamel snuff bottles painted with European scenes were a favourite of the Chinese Court and Chinese collectors in the Qing Period 1644 to 1911.
Snuff bottles were in great demand by western collectors starting in the 19th century and still are.
Snuff bottles with European style artworks were normally based on prints and books transported to China by travellers.
The demand for Chinese art and antiques exploded when the first appropriated artworks taken from the Summer Palace made their way back to England France etc.
Considered by all the major experts such as Bob C. Stevens (the Collectors Book of Snuff Bottlers 1976) and the major famous collections, such as Guo'an. Bloch. Meriem. J & J. to name a few.
The finest of all snuff bottles are those that are enamelled on copper, brass, glass, gold.
The art of enamelling was introduced to the Chinese Court in the Kangxi era 1654 to 1722, by the Jesuit Guiseppe Castiglione (Lan Shining).