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IMPORTANT CHINESE ART FROM THE JUNKUNC COLLECTION | 瓊肯珍藏重要中國藝術

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A CARVED AND ENAMELED WHITE GLASS In 1767, the Jian Yuan was completed in the Changchun Yuan complex
SNUFF BOTTLE (a series of Imperial gardens to the West of Beijing adjoining the
IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1775-1799 Yuanming Yuan, known collectively as the Summer Palace). One of the
halls within the Jian Yuan was the Guyue xuan (Ancient Moon Pavilion).
The flattened bottle is carved and enameled around the sides as a wicker
The Changchun Yuan was intended as a retirement home for the
basket filled with various flowers, the handle looped over one of the
Qianlong Emperor, although he never took up full-time residence there.
narrow sides. The three-character mark, Guyue Xuan (Ancient Moon
The Guyue xuan was completed in 1767, prompting the Emperor to
Pavilion), is on the oval base.
order a group of wares, mostly enamels on glass, bearing the name of
2¡ in. (6 cm.) high, stopper that particular pavilion.
$20,000-30,000
Compare the Guyue xuan-marked white glass bottle enameled with a
PROVENANCE:
similar continuous design of a wicker basket of flowers, but lacking the
Nagatani, Inc., Chicago, 1 October 1948. relief carving and featuring decorative borders around the neck, from
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection. the J & J Collection, illustrated by H. Moss, V. Graham and K. B. Tsang,
The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, vol. I, New York, 1993, pp. 342-5, no.
1775-1799年 御製涅白地粉彩花卉紋玻璃鼻煙壺 200, and the relief-carved example with similar design, but bearing a
礬紅「古月軒」款 yuzhi (by imperial command) mark and with decorative band around the
neck, illustrated by H. Moss, V. Graham and K. B. Tsang, A Treasury of
來源: Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 6,
Nagatani,Inc.，芝加哥，1948年10月1日。 part 1, Arts of the Figure, Hong Kong, 2008, pp. 226-7, no. 1105.
史蒂芬 • 瓊肯三世（1978年逝）珍藏。

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