White-Ground Famille-Rose Snuff Bottle with Openwork Flower-and-Insect Decoration Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period

Imperial Palace Workshops (Zaobanchu)

Form
Olive-shaped body (smaller upper section, swelling lower section), sharply recessed shoulder and neck, extremely thin eggshell porcelain with very thin circular foot.
Body & Glaze
Eggshell porcelain body 0.6–0.7 mm thick; under transmitted light shows warm milky-white mist with no crackle and no orange-peel texture.
Decoration
Obverse medallion: one dragonfly hovering above five pale-blue autumn chrysanthemums and red buds
Reverse medallion: five multicoloured butterflies (red, yellow, green, white, pale blue) pursuing two autumn blossoms
Wings of butterflies and dragonfly outlined in gold and covered with transparent enamel, producing a trembling effect when turned.
Colours
Full set of imported Western enamels with transparent overglaze layer; thick piling in places, thin in others, creating pronounced three-dimensional and fluid lustre.
Mark
Base with three-character red-enamel regular-script mark “Gu Yue Xuan” (no “zhi”), deliberately off-centre, perfectly fused with surrounding glaze, distinct flying-white brush strokes.
Stopper & Spoon
Original red agate stopper with natural russet skin; accompanying ivory spoon unused and perfectly clean.
Condition
Mouth rim and raised areas softly burnished from minimal handling; recessed areas with extremely light old oil residue.
When shaken, emits a light, crisp double-resonance of eggshell porcelain and enamel.
No chips, cracks, hairlines, or restoration; essentially as made.
Rarity
The only known complete example worldwide combining this form, subject, technique, and three-character “Gu Yue Xuan” mark.
Pure and clean.
Print, place in silk pouch, store with the bottle.

白地粉彩开光花鸟图鼻烟壶
清乾隆（约1745–1755年）
造办处御制

形制
橄榄形（上小下大，腹部微鼓，肩颈急收），蛋壳瓷胎，圈足极薄。
胎釉
蛋壳瓷胎，厚0.6–0.7 mm，打灯呈暖奶白雾感，釉面细腻无开片、无橘皮纹。
纹饰
正面开光：一只蜻蜓飞舞于五朵淡蓝秋菊与红色花蕾之上
背面开光：五只彩蝶（红、黄、绿、白、淡蓝）追逐两朵秋花
蝴蝶与蜻蜓翅膀均以金线勾勒，外罩透明珐琅，转光时翅膀颤动。
彩料
全套进口洋彩（含透明珐琅罩层），厚堆与薄涂结合，颜色鲜亮自然，具明显立体感与流动光泽。
款识
底心红料楷书「古月轩」三字，偏心落款，字口飞白，料色与地釉自然融合。
附件
原配红玛瑙盖，带天然黄皮沁，内附象牙勺，均未使用，干净如新。
状态
口沿及高点微亮，低凹处留极轻旧油沁，晃动发出轻脆的蛋壳瓷＋珐琅碰撞声。
无冲、无磕、无裂、无修复，品相原封近完美。
存世
全球已知相同形制、题材、技法、款识的完整品：仅此一件。