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A BROWN AND GREEN NEPHRITE SNUFF BOTTLE AN AGATE ‘COIN’ SNUFF BOTTLE
1740-1850 Probably imperial, attributed to the palace workshops, 1798–1840
Of upright rectangular form with a wide lip, slightly concave and a high Of flattened globular form, with a straight neck and flat lip, the oval
oval foot rim, the principle face of the bottle carved to feature a rider foot rim surrounding a recessed foot, carved with the obverse and
on a water buffalo approaching a bridge, with a figure leaning out a reverse of a Mexican eight-reale coin, complete with its milled edge,
window, the details of the carving well-executed, with russet inclusions bearing the head of Charles IV of Spain encircled by the legend
along the foot rim. CAROLUS•IIII•DEI•GRATIA•1796, the reverse with the Spanish coat
2 5/8in (6.5cm) high of arms encircled with the legend HISPAN•ETIND•REX•M•8R•F•M•
the Latin inscription notably crisp, the narrow sides with oval panels,
US$12,000 - 18,000 the interior very well hollowed.
2 1/8in (5.4cm) high

Provenance US$4,000 - 6,000
Hugh Moss Ltd., 6 May 1998
Ko Family Collection Provenance
Hugh Moss Ltd., 26 September 1996
Published
ICSBS Journal, Spring 1990, p. 15, fig. 23 (image reversed) Spanish silver was frequently used as currency in China’s nineteenth
ICSBS Journal, June 1981, front cover (image reversed) century seaports. Snuff bottles made in a variety of materials imitating
these coins were produced in relatively large numbers. For a further
1740-1850 帶皮青白玉雕村景人物圖鼻煙壺 discussion of this group see V.E. Graham, ‘Coin Snuff Bottles’,
Journal. The International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, spring 1988,
pp. 4-10.

1798-1840 擬御製 宮廷作坊 瑪瑙刻西班牙徽章硬幣紋鼻煙壺

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