PROVENANCE:
JSL Auction, March 1999

The present lot required multiple strenuous steps in its manufacture process. The steps involved often takes an experienced eye in order for the decorative motif to turn out the intended way. Compare with another cloisonne snuff bottle embellished with a millefleurs design, illustrated in Chinese snuff bottles. From the collection of the Rt.Hon. The marquess of Exeter . Hugh Moss ltd. London, 1974, E.24, pp.108-109.