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9063 (two views) 9063
AN ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF
9064 (two views) BOTTLE
36 | BONHAMS Early 19th century
Of compressed ovoid form, the body with
overglaze enamels, one side with katydid on
a leaf, reversed by a cicada on a vine, the
details of the insects’ body rendered in close
detail.
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high

US$2,500 - 4,000

A nearly identical bottle, in the collection of
the Palace Museum Beijing is illustrated in Li
Juifang, Gugong Bowuyuan Cang Wenwu
Zhenpin Quanji, 47, Bi Yan Hu, 故宮博物院藏
文物珍品全集, 鼻煙壼 , Hong Kong, 2003, no
369, p. 239

十九世紀初 瓷胎粉彩蟈蟈鼻煙壺

9064
AN ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF
BOTTLE
Imperial, Jingdezhen kilns, Daoguang mark
and of the period, 1821-1850
Of compressed globular form with a flat
rounded lip and supported by an unglazed
oval foot rim, fixed ring mask handles in
pastel blue, one side with a battle scene, the
principle figures identified by flying banners,
reversed by a scene at court, a kneeling figure
surrounded by officials, with a four-character
mark in iron-red to the foot.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) high

US$4,000 - 6,000

This snuff bottle trumpets the 1828 victory
over one of the many rebellions against
Manchu rule occurring in the course of the
Qing dynasty. Here we see a battle scene
depicting Zhangge’er (Jahangir Khoja,
1788-1828), a leader of the Hui minority,
fighting against the Qing army, and later
the captured rebel awaiting his ill fate of a
brutal disemboweling and execution. The
glorification of military successes was a theme
of Qing court art, producing not only paintings
and copperplate prints, but also snuff bottles
as seen by this example. Numerous extent
bottles bearing this identical design suggest
these bottles may have been presented
at court to those who had key roles in the
successful pacification of this Northwestern
uprising.

1821-1850 清道光 御製瓷胎粉彩歷史故事人
物鼻煙壺
《道光年製》礬紅篆書款