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A LAC BURGAUTÉ BUTTERFLY-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE A SILVER `GUANGXU COIN' SNUFF BOTTLE
JAPAN, 1854-1930, PROBABLY TSUDA, SOKAN, 1868-1934 HUNG CHONG, GUANGZHOU OR SHANGHAI, 1890-1920
The bottle is in the shape of a butterfy and is decorated in shell and silver and The coin is cast with the verso and recto of a Guangxu coin, inscribed in
gold foil on each side on a black lacquer ground. Chinese on one side with `Guangxu tongbao' (`Guangxu currency'), and in
2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high, pearl stopper Manchu on the other naming the Guangdong mint, all supported on a tall foot
decorated with foral scroll. The foot is stamped with two seals, reading xingfa
£2,000-3,000 US$2,700-3,900
(`prosperity'), and the Roman letters `HC'.
€2,400-3,500
2⅛ in. (5.5 cm.) high, glass stopper
PROVENANCE:
£2,000-3,000 US$2,700-3,900
Sotheby's London, 7 June 1990, lot 377.
€2,400-3,500
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29 April 1992, lot 462.
Snuf Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection: Part IV; Bonhams PROVENANCE:
Hong Kong, 28 November 2011, lot 147. Sotheby's London, 5 December 1983, lot 141.
Property from a Princely Collection. Sotheby's London, 6 December 1994, lot 188.
With Robert Hall, circa 1995.
LITERATURE:
Snuf Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection: Part IV; Bonhams
Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuf
Hong Kong, 28 November 2011, lot 122.
Bottles. The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Volume 7, Hong Kong, 2009,
Property from a Princely Collection.
no. 1707
LITERATURE:
Journal of the International Chinese Snuf Bottle Society, Spring 1998, p. 9.
黑漆嵌螺鈿蝶形鼻煙壺 Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuf
Bottles. The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Volume 7, Hong Kong, 2009,
日本, 1854–1930年, 擬津田宗貫, 1868–1934年 no. 1629

來源: 銀鑄錢幣形鼻煙壺
倫敦蘇富比1990年6月7日, 拍品 377 恒昌號, 廣州或上海, 1890至1920年
香港蘇富比1992年4月29日, 拍品 462
香港邦瀚斯，2011年11月28日《瑪麗與莊智博鼻煙壺珍藏: 第四 來源:
部分》，拍品147 倫敦蘇富比1983年12月5日, 拍品 141
貴族私人珍藏 倫敦蘇富比1994年12月6日, 拍品 188

Robert Hall, 約 1995年
出版: 香港邦瀚斯，2011年11月28日《瑪麗與莊智博鼻煙壺珍藏: 第四
Hugh Moss, Victor Graham 及 Ka Bo Tsang著,《 A Treasury of 部分》，拍品122
Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Mary and George Bloch Collection》, 7 貴族私人珍藏
冊, 香港, 2009年, 編號 1707

出版:
《國際中國鼻煙壺協會的學術期刊》, 1998年春期, 頁 9
Hugh Moss, Victor Graham 及 Ka Bo Tsang著, 《A Treasury of
Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Mary and George Bloch Collection》, 7
冊, 香港, 2009年, 編號1629
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