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Description:
Blue and White Opium Bottle, China, 19th/20th century, flattened ovoid form with a raised oval foot, decorated with mythological scenes, four-character Qianlong mark on base, ht. 3 3/4 in.
Provenance: By family descent from Thomas Handasyd Perkins (1764-1854). Perkins was an opium trader; he and his brother founded the Boston Athenaeum and the Perkins School for the Blind.
Estimate $500-700
Multiple glaze chips, losses to neck of bottle, surface scratches.
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Thomas Handasyd, ChinaStephen L. Fletcher
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