AN ENAMEL ON MILK-WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE Attributed to Yangzhou, 1780-1850AN ENAMEL ON MILK-WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLEAttributed to Yangzhou, 1780-1850Of upright ovoid form, continuously painted around the sides in soft-colored famille rose enamels to depict a garden with seasonal flowers and insects under a floral band surrounding the cylindrical neck beneath a flat lip, the very-subtly recessed base inscribed with a Guyue Xuan mark in iron-red seal script.2 3/4in (7cm) high1780-1850 涅白料胎粉彩花卉昆蟲圖鼻煙壺一件或爲揚州作Provenance:Joan and Ted Dorf Collection, no. 232The delicacy of this finely enameled glass bottle illustrates that fine quality enameling was being made outside the palace in cities such as Yangzhou, Guangzhou and Yunnan. The Yangzhou Hua Fang Lu mentions a famous enamel artist named Wang Shixing who worked during both the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods and was known in Beijing as the 'enamel-ware king.'