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•275 Hong Kong Museum of Art, October-November 1977.
AN ENAMELED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE- New York, Christie’s, 1993.
DECORATED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE Singapore, Empress Place Museum, 1994.
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1916-1920 Frankfurt, Museum für Kunsthandwerk, 1996-1997.
Either side is decorated with a slightly raised ovoid panel painted in London, Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, 1997.
underglaze blue with mountain retreats in riverside settings, within Florida, Naples Museum of Art, 2002.
borders of formalized foral designs painted in iron-red. The base is Oregon, Portland Museum of Art, 2002.
inscribed Hongxian. Taipei, National Museum of History, 2002.
New York, International Asian Art Fair, Seventh Regiment
1æ in. (4.4 cm) high, glass stopper Armory, 2003.
Beijing, Poly Art Museum, 2003.
$3,000-5,000 Boston, International Chinese Snuf Bottle Society Convention,
The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
PROVENANCE
LITERATURE
Julie and Al Stempel
Sotheby’s (PB 84), New York, 11 October 1979, lot 82. Chinese Snuf Bottles, Hong Kong Museum of Art, p. 51, no. 89
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong. Moss, Graham, Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuf Bottle.
Important Chinese Snuf Bottles from The J&J Collection, Part IV; The J & J Collection, Vol. I, New York/Tokyo, 1993, no. 226.
Christie’s New York, 22 March 2007, lot 59.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, This unusual bottle belongs to a small group, others of which are
no. 4550. illustrated by H. Moss, Snuf Bottles of China, p. 132, no. 326; by
R. Hall, Chinese Snuf Bottles III, no. 70; and by B. Stevens, The
Collector’s Book of Snuf Bottles, no. 312.

Hongxian was the title adopted by Yuan Shikai, a warlord who
established a new dynasty under his own rule in 1916, but who died
within a few months of his enthronement. It is generally accepted that
none of the wares produced at Jingdezhen during his brief reign bore
his reign title. However, he did revive the waning ceramic industry and
re-established the traditional system of Imperial factory production at
Jingdezhen to make special orders for the Court. It is likely this group
of bottles was made some time after 1916, but probably not long after.

Many of the porcelains produced under Hongxian’s impetus were
typically based on classic Beijing Palace wares from the Qianlong
period or based directly on the paintings of Lang Shining (Giuseppe
Castiglione). The bottles from the present group, however, are
exceptional for the period as they follow neither style.

1916-1920年 礬紅開光青花山水圖鼻煙壺

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(two views) A RED-OVERLAY GLASS
66 SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS,
BEIJING, 1740-1800

The bottle is carved through the transparent
red overlay to the slightly opaque and bubble-
infused ground with a continuous scene of
waves crashing against rocks on the narrow
sides, with a pavilion on one side, a ruyi head
on the reverse, and cranes in fight above.

2¿ in. (5.3 cm.) high, jadeite stopper

$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE

Edward T. Chow Collection; Sotheby’s, Hong
Kong, 5 May 1994, lot 1261.
Robert Hall, London, 1998.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 2708.

1740-1800年
透明地套紅玻璃海屋添籌圖鼻煙壺