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The Property of a British Family 英國家族藏品
Lots 163 - 165
163 Y
A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE ‘SAMPAN’ SNUFF BOTTLE
18th/19th century
Carved in relief on one side with a landscape depicting a sage crossing
a river on a sampan beneath high cliffs and pine trees, above a
continuous border of crashing waves picked out in the russet skin, the
reverse with a cluster of vaporous clouds issuing a pearl, the shoulders
with animal-mask handles. 6.3cm (2 1/2in) high.
£4,000 - 6,000
CNY35,000 - 53,000
十八/十九世紀 黃玉帶皮泛舟圖鼻煙壺
Provenance: according to family history, which is supported by family
records illustrating the progress of British troops in Beijing at the time,
this object was acquired by a military attaché posted to Beijing at the
time of the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. He was attached to the staff of
Brigadier-General A.Gaselee, the commander of the British contingent.
163
來源:據家族歷史記錄,1900年義和團運動期間,藏家作為英國准將
阿爾弗雷德·蓋斯利的隨行外交官得此拍品於北京。
164 Y
A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE ‘LANDSCAPE’ SNUFF BOTTLE
18th/19th century
Finely carved with a recessed oval foot rising to rounded shoulders
flanked by animal-mask handles and a short tubular neck, the stone
of a yellowish-green tone mottled with large russet patches depicting
the design, one side with a sage sitting at ease in a mountainous
landscape among high cliffs and pine trees, the other side with a
cluster of rocks below the auspicious inscription Shoushan Fuhai
translating as ‘Your age ancient as the mountains, your happiness
wide as the sea’. 6.4cm (2 1/2in) high.
£2,500 - 4,000
CNY22,000 - 35,000
十八/十九世紀 黃玉帶皮山水圖鼻煙壺
Provenance: please refer to Lot 163 above
164
來源:據家族歷史記錄,1900年義和團運動期間,藏家作為英國准將
阿爾弗雷德·蓋斯利的隨行外交官得此拍品於北京。
165
A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘GOURD’ PEBBLE SNUFF BOTTLE
18th/19th century
The pebble-shaped bottle in the form of a gourd, carved in relief with
gnarled tree branches issuing curling leaves and a smaller gourd,
pursued by a swooping bat, the stone of a pale tone with russet
inclusions highlighting the reverse. 5.8cm (2 1/4in) high
£1,500 - 2,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000
十八/十九世紀 白玉帶皮瓜棱隨形鼻煙壺
Provenance: please refer to Lot 163 above
來源:據家族歷史記錄,1900年義和團運動期間,藏家作為英國准將
阿爾弗雷德·蓋斯利的隨行外交官得此拍品於北京。
165
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