ID 718499
Lot 881 | A BLUE-OVERLAY OPAQUE WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
Valeur estimée
$ 4 000 – 6 000
YANGZHOU, 1780-1850
The bottle is carved on one side with a leafy branch draping over a pair of ducks with a four-character seal inscription on the shoulder reading chunjiang shuinuan (water warms up in a spring river). The reverse is decorated with a lotus plant emerging from an alms bowl next to a spray of orchid flowers with a butterfly fluttering above.
2 1⁄8 in. (5.4 cm.) high, coral stopper
Provenance
Arthur Gadsby Collection.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2 May 1991, lot 15.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
Literature
H. Moss, Snuff Bottles of China, London, 1971, p. 107, pl. 193.
JICSBS, March 1979, p. 17, fig.14.
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 106-107, no. 40.
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
| Lieu d'origine: | Chine, Asie de l'Est, Asie |
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| Catégorie: | Flacon parfumé |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Tous les autres types d'objets |
| Lieu d'origine: | Chine, Asie de l'Est, Asie |
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| Catégorie: | Flacon parfumé |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Tous les autres types d'objets |
| Adresse de l'enchère |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York Etats-Unis | ||||||||||||||
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