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Watercolor of the present snuf bottle by Malcolm Golding, signed and
dated 1971.

PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
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A FINELY CARVED RED LACQUER SNUFF BOTTLE
JAPAN, 1860-1930
LITERATURE
The bottle is carved on both sides through the two distinct layers of red J. Li and H. Moss, 100 Selected Chinese Snuf Bottles from the J & J Collection,
lacquer with nine Buddhist lions playing with brocade balls, and with diaper London, 1987, no. 63.
pattern on the narrow sides, all between a band of leiwen and lotus petals Journal of the International Chinese Snuf Bottle Society (JICSBS), Autumn
at the shoulder and further petals above the foot. The base is incised with a 1989, front cover.
gilded apocryphal Qianlong mark. Together with a watercolor of this bottle by H. Moss, V. Graham and K. B. Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuf Bottle: The J
Malcolm Golding, signed and dated 1971. & J Collection, vol. 2, New York, 1993, no. 317.
1√ in. (4.8 cm.) high, lacquer stopper R. Scott, The Miniature World: An Exhibition of Snuf Bottles from the J & J
Collection, Taipei, 2002, p. 60.
$15,000-20,000
At some time during the latter part of the nineteenth century, Japanese
workshops began to expand their repertoire of forms to include snuf bottles,
PROVENANCE mainly in response to the growing demand from Western collectors. The
Hugh M. Moss Ltd. earlier group of Japanese bottles may be divided into two main categories.
Irving Lindzon, Toronto, 1987. The frst is composed of distinctly Japanese types which were sometimes
J & J Collection. signed by their makers; while the second category consisted of copies of
J & J Collection, Part V; Christie’s New York, 17 September 2008, lot 39. Chinese types which usually bore either Qianlong or occasionally, Jiaqing
reign marks.
EXHIBITED
Christie’s London, October 1987.
Christie’s New York, 1993. This bottle belongs to the superb group of Japanese bottles in lacquer and
Singapore, Empress Place Museum, 1994. ivory characterized by exquisite carving, both technically and sculpturally;
Frankfurt, Museum für Kunsthandwerk, 1996-1997. by exotic and matching stoppers; by the use of horizontal, four-character
London, Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, 1997. reign marks either in regular or seal script; and by the frequent use of a thin
Florida, Naples Museum of Art, 2002. bronze lip on those with a lacquer neck. For other related examples, see R.
Oregon, Portland Museum of Art, 2002. Hall, Chinese Snuf Bottles III, no. 89; H. Moss (ed.), Chinese Snuf Bottles No.
Taipei, National Museum of History, 2002. 5, London, 1969, p. 29, fg. 20, from the Russell Mullin Collection; Sotheby’s
New York, International Asian Art Fair, Seventh Regiment Armory, 2003. New York, 15 March 1984, lot 293; JICSBS, June 1975, p. 3, from the Kleiner
Beijing, Poly Art Museum, 2003. Collection; and JICSBS, June 1981, p. 23.
1860-1930年 日本製剔紅九世同堂圖鼻煙壺

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