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AN AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE AN ENAMELED PORCELAIN ‘LION’ SNUFF BOTTLE
1770-1830 Jingdezhen kilns, 1820-1920
Realistically carved as a squatting boy holding a double gourd, the Modeled as a lion sitting upright, with a grinning face, bulking eyes,
natural coloration of the amber highlighting the boy’s eyes and hair, the holding a lion cub and a ‘brocade’ ball between his paws, the
figure translucent, the gourd opaque. recessed base enameled in coral red, glazed interior.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) high 2 7/8in (7.3cm) high

US$15,000 - 25,000 US$2,000 - 3,000

Provenance Provenance
Hugh Moss Ltd., 6 May 1998 Hugh Moss Ltd., 11 May 2000

This wonderfully realized bottle is akin to numerous examples of Published
the same form executed in porcelain during the late Qianlong and Elsa Glickman Chinese Snuff Bottle Mania, Stories of Collectors,
Jiaqing periods. Symbolically, the boy and double gourd offers a wish Trade, Intrigues and Gotham’s Auctions, New York, 2006, figure H.
for numerous offspring, a popular motif in Chinese art. Sculpturally,
the bottle is extremely well-executed, the carving making use of the 1820-1920 模製瓷胎粉彩獅子繡球鼻煙壺
natural color and markings in the amber, with the boy’s two feet and
the base of the gourd offering three points of contact for stability.

1770-1830 琥珀童子葫蘆形鼻煙壺

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