ID 718506
Lot 864 | A FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
Estimate value
$ 6 000 – 8 000
IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1750-1820
The bottle is decorated with the bajixiang (Eight Buddhist Emblems), with four emblems on either side divided by pendant beaded chains. The base is inscribed with a three-character Guyue xuan (Ancient Moon Pavilion) mark in iron red.
2 3⁄8 in. (6 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1977.
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 11 October 1979, lot 86.
Sotheby's New York, 26 November 1991, lot 68.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
Literature
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 230-231, no. 99.
Exhibited
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Chinese Snuff Bottles, 15 October-26 November 1977, cat. no. 120.
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
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| Category: | Scent bottle |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
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| Category: | Scent bottle |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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