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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
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A TRANSPARENT BLUE GLASS SNUFF ᪺ڊՌ ڊ̐ˡ☹ ⳈἼΎᘎ⛸♄㸭ᵜ૑
BOTTLE
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QING DYNASTY, 1730-1830
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The bottle is finely carved to simulate the weave of a wicker + +Ⅷ⻦卿⡥⡙צ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅
basket, with the foot decorated with rope pattern, the transparent
material of a bright blue tone. ൣ⿫
2 ƒ in. (6.37 cm.) high, stopper
⡥⡙צ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ
HK$40,000-60,000 US$5,200-7,800 Ⴝळ༈ࢷ⁒㱦卿ᙲ࠼஽卿 ჺ
ᯧ⼵ݐ◙႙⻱ࢷ⁒㱦卿Ƕ4OVGG #PUUMFT GSPN $IJOB厍5IF + +
PROVENANCE
$PMMFDUJPOǷ卿ᯧ⼵ݐ◙卿 ჺ
Hugh Moss Collection
The J & J Collection; sold at Christie’s New York, 30 March ഌ⣠ᇪԋஇ⻱ワఫ㞖ᝯ卿Ƕ5IF "SU PG UIF $IJOFTF 4OVGG #PUUMF
2005, lot 49 5IF + + $PMMFDUJPOǷ卿ٳᘹ卿 ჺ
㚣Ӷࡘᙱ⻱ワࢷ⁒㱦卿ד⧲㞑㙤卿 ჺ
EXHIBITED
᯳⁞⼵⻱ワࢷ⁒㱦卿᯳⁞⼵卿 ჺ
Christie’s New York, 1993
இ⛁᫓टࢷ⁒㱦卿Ƕߣᝳᰠ഍ 䁉ὸ೭⎏ӽ⊤Ƿ卿झ࢈卿
Empress Place Museum, Singapore, 1994
Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Snuff Bottles from China. The J & J ჺ
Collection, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1996-1997 ظߧ⻱ワ㱦卿Ƕԋஇ䁉ὸ೭⻱ワ厍+BNFT -J ⻦䁉ὸ೭⠢৅Ƿ卿
The Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, The Art of the ࢈՗卿 ჺ卿㮰 卿எ‸ B
Chinese Snuff Bottle: The J & J Collection, London, 1997
ൈ᪞㨙㍡᫉ᐽ৅Ԡ㊄⏌㊯ᚺ卿㋇Ṻ㈇ XXX DISJTUJFT DPNǯ
Naples Museum of Art, Florida, 2002
Portland Museum of Art, Oregon, 2002
National Museum of History, The Miniature World: An exhibition of
snuff bottles from the J & J Collection, Taipei, 2002
Poly Art Museum, The Art of Chinese Snuff Bottle: Selected Snuff
Bottle Collection of James Li, Beijing, 2003, p. 100, fig. a

LITERATURE
Moss, Graham, Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle. The J & J
Collection, New York/Tokyo, 1993, vol. II, no. 352
For further discussion on this bottle, please refer to www.christies.com.

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