Lot 31: Property of Dr. Martin Roshco

Qianlong mark, 1770-1795
Of rounded rectangular form, with a cylindrical neck and flat lip, and tapering to a recessed foot surrounded by an oval foot rim, reserved on each side with a recessed panel, finely carved and decorated in white slip, on one side a moonlit landscape with a pavilion, and on the other a bat and blossoming branch, the foot with an incised inscription reading Qianlong in seal script.
2 1/2in (6.5cm) high

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Provenance: Pierrette Di-Donna, 1986

It is likely that this bottle belongs to those that were produced by "The Slip Master". For more on this artist and his snuff bottles and teapots which corroborate his producing works for the Imperial Court see Moss, Graham and Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol.6 pp 941-945.