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AN AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE A SILVER AND GILT WIRE INLAID LACQUER SNUFF BOTTLE
1800-1880 Qianlong mark, 1880-1900
Of upright rectangular form tapering slightly at the foot, with sloping Of rectangular form with a flat lip and beveled rectangular foot rim,
shoulders, flat lip, supported by an oval foot rim, one face carved in the four sides inlaid with gold and silver wire, the narrow sides with
low relief with a monkey in a tree reaching out to a bee, the amber a goldfish and water weeds, the front face with a jue and ding bronze
warm honey tone. vessel with a six character inscription in seal script, reversed by a long
2 3/4in (7cm) high inscription in seal script in silver wire, followed by two seals in gold
wire reading Bingzhi and fang gu, the foot bearing a four-character
US$4,000 - 7,000 Qianlong mark in sliver wire.
2 3/8in (6.1cm) high
Provenance
Peter Bozzo US$3,000 - 5,000

Published Provenance
Elsa Glickman Chinese Snuff Bottle Mania, Stories of Collectors, Trade, Christie’s New York, 10 October 1993, lot 120
Intrigues and Gotham’s Auctions, New York, 2006, figure G Reif Collection
Albert Pyke Collection, Los Angeles
1800-1880 琥珀’封侯圖’鼻煙壺
The motif of bronze vessels accompanied by inscriptions in Zhou
dynasty style seal script is a testament to the academic revival of
ancient texts in metal and stone (Jinshixue) in the late Qing dynasty.
The popularization of this ‘antique aesthetic’ had a profound impact on
the painting, calligraphy and the decorative arts of the 19th century. A
similar lacquer inlaid bottle, formerly in the Barron collection, was sold
at Christie’s 16 March 2016, lot 414.

1880-1900 黑漆嵌金銀絲帶銘文鼻煙壺
嵌銀絲《乾隆年製》四字篆書款

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