ID 718424
Lot 808 | A SUPERB SLIP-DECORATED STONEWARE SNUFF BOTTLE
Estimate value
$ 60 000 – 80 000
YIXING, 1750-1830
The bottle is finely decorated in brown slip with a continuous, lyrical, mountainous river scene. One side depicts a farmer carrying his hoe across a bridge with moutains rising out of mist in the background and the moon high in the sky. The reverse depicts a continuation of the landscape, with a small pavilion surrounded by rocks and trees and overhanging cliffs above.
2 1⁄2 in. (6.3 cm.) high, jadeite stopper
Provenance
Lilla S. Perry Collection, California.
Bob C. Stevens Collection, no. 1008.
Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Bob C. Stevens, Part I; Sotheby’s Honolulu, 7 November 1981, lot 68.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
Literature
L. Perry, Chinese Snuff Bottles, Rutland, Vermont, 1960, p. 77, no. 51.
Arts of Asia, September-October 1973, p. 43, fig. 1.
B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, no. 1008.
JICSBS, December 1978, p. 43, fig. 45; June 1978, p. 45, fig. 131.
Honolulu Advertiser, 5 November 1981.
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 264-265, no. 114.
Exhibited
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Chinese Snuff Bottles, 15 October-26 November 1977, cat no. 131.
Tokyo, Mikimoto Hall, An Exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles From The Bob C. Stevens Collection, 22-31 October 1978, cat. no. 95.
| 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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