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A RARE AND SUPERB PAINTED ENAMEL ‘EUROPEAN LADIES’ SNUFF BOTTLE AND A PAINTED ENAMEL ‘LANDSCAPE’ SNUFF DISH BOTTLE: IMPERIAL, PROBABLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, QIANLONG BLUE ENAMEL FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) DISH: IMPERIAL, BEIJING PALACE WORKSHOPS, QIANLONG BLUE ENAMEL FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The bottle is delicately painted in famille rose enamels on copper, on each main side with a cartouche depicting two European ladies, the narrow sides with panels enclosing ruby-enamelled landscapes, all against a yellow diaper ground. The dish is decorated in ruby enamels with an idyllic river landscape, the underside with five multi-coloured flowerheads against a white ground. Bottle: 2 in. (5.1 cm.) high, gilt-bronze stopper; Dish: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) diam., box (2) Provenance Bottle: An English private collection, sold at Bonhams London, 15 May 2014, lot 466 Robert Hall, London, July 2014