A fine underglaze blue and iron-red porcelain snuff bottle with floral design

Description:

China, 19th century
H. 8,7 cm
Cylindrical form. A continuous, dense pattern of stylised lotus blossoms in iron red, amidst a swirling scroll of underglaze-blue leafy tendrils. Light-coloured jadeite stoppr.
From an old German private collection, acquired in the 1960s - Very minor chipping to the stand ring