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A RARE AND FINELY ENAMELLED GUYUE ᪺̗㡳 ⳈἼΎ⣑ᾬῚྑᙴ⊆⩈ڑ㸭ᵜ૑
XUAN BLUE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE ☾ྑǗ۶ᕖ㍀ǘᢎ
BOTTLE, IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1736-1780; PAINTING, ϝᬝ
PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1770-1780
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The dark blue glass bottle is enamelled with a continuous garden ٳᘹ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅
scene of roses, a blossoming prunus tree, and bamboo growing
%PVHMBT + , 8SJHIU -UE 卿 ٳᘹ卿
near an ornamental rock. The base is inscribed in pale iron-red
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enamel in regular script Guyue xuan (Ancient Moon Pavilion).
2 in. (4.94 cm.) high, stopper + + Ⅷ⻦
⡥⡙צ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
HK$260,000-350,000
US$34,000-45,000 ൣ⿫
צ೥ᇑ卿Ƕ 4FMFDUFE $IJOFTF 4OVGG #PUUMFT GSPN 5IF + +
PROVENANCE
Honor Smith Collection $PMMFDUJPOǷ卿ٳᘹ卿 卿ག㬷ࣿஎ‸ ⽚
Sold at Sotheby’s, London, 1 February 1977, lot 136 ⡥⡙צ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ
Douglas J. K. Wright Ltd., London, 1977 Ⴝळ༈ࢷ⁒㱦卿ᙲ࠼஽卿 ჺ
Robert Hall ႙⻱ࢷ⁒㱦卿Ƕ4OVGG #PUUMFT GSPN $IJOB 5IF + +
The J & J Collection; sold at Christie’s New York, 22 March $PMMFDUJPOǷ卿ᯧ⼵ݐ◙卿 ჺ
2007, lot 40
ഌ⣠ᇪԋஇ⻱ワఫ㞖ᝯ卿Ƕ5IF "SU PG UIF $IJOFTF 4OVGG #PUUMF
EXHIBITED 5IF + + $PMMFDUJPOǷ卿ٳᘹ卿 ჺ
Christie’s , 100 Selected Chinese Snuff Bottles from The J & J Collection, 㚣Ӷࡘᙱ⻱ワࢷ⁒㱦卿ד⧲㞑㙤卿 ჺ
King Street, London, 1987, front cover and no. 28 ᯳⁞⼵⻱ワࢷ⁒㱦卿آࡘྱ卿 ჺ
Christie’s, New York, 1993
இ⛁᫓टࢷ⁒㱦卿Ƕߣᝳᰠ഍ 䁉ὸ೭⎏ӽ⊤Ƿ卿झ࢈卿
Empress Place Museum, Singapore, 1994
ჺ卿ག㬷ࣿགᄓ
Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Snuff Bottles from China. The J & J
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Collection, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1996-1997
࢈՗卿 ჺ
The Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, The Art of the
Chinese Snuff Bottle: The J & J Collection, London, 1997
Naples Museum of Art, Florida, 2002 ֩Ḝ
Portland Museum of Art, Oregon, 2002 Ƕஇ㪡ԋஇ䁉ὸ೭ࢵᝯໝワឆߒǷ卿 ჺ ᝲ卿㮰 卿
National Museum of History, The Miniature World: An exhibition எ‸ ⽚
of snuff bottles from the J & J Collection, Taipei, 2002, front and back Ƕஇ㪡ԋஇ䁉ὸ೭ࢵᝯໝワឆߒǷ卿 ჺ☌卿ག㬷
covers .PTT卿(SBN卿5TBOH卿Ƕ5IF "SU PG UIF $IJOFTF 4OVGG #PUUMF
Poly Art Museum, The Art of Chinese Snuff Bottle: Selected Snuff
5IF + + $PMMFDUJPOǷ卿✄Ӭݺ卿⡥⡙ࣿែ՗卿 ჺ卿எ‸
Bottle Collection of James Li, Beijing , 2003
⽚
LITERATURE
ൈ᪞㨙㍡᫉ᐽ৅Ԡ㊄⏌㊯ᚺ卿㋇Ṻ㈇ XXX DISJTUJFT DPNǯ
JICSBS, June 1978, p. 24, no. 37
JICSBS, Autumn 1989, front cover
Moss, Graham, Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle. The J & J
Collection, vol. I, New York/Tokyo, 1993, no. 199
For further discussion on this bottle, please refer to www.christies.com.

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