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TWO RED OVERLAY GLASS ‘CHILONG’ SNUFF BOTTLES A RED AND GREEN OVERLAY WHITE GLASS ‘CHILONG’
18th century SNUFF BOTTLE
Each bottle of flattened oblong shape and skilfully carved through 18th century
the red overlay to the snowflake ground, one with sinuous chilong The bottle carved through the translucent overlay of ruby-red and sea-
clambering amidst leafy tendrils issuing lingzhi fungi, 7cm (2 6/8in) green to the white ground with four sinuous and clambering chilong,
high; the other with similar creatures surrounding a bi disc, a gui tablet below a slightly tapering neck and above a recessed foot.
and a bell above crashing waves. 7cm (2 3/4in) high
8cm (3 1/8in) high (2).

£3,000 - 5,000 £2,000 - 3,000
CNY26,000 - 43,000 CNY17,000 - 26,000

十八世紀 雪霏地套寶石紅料鼻煙壺 一組兩件 十八世紀 白地套紅綠料蟠螭紋鼻煙壺

Provenance: Provenance:
The snuff bottle with bell and bi disc: Nakagawa collection, President of the Bank of Formosa (Taiwan) and
Caldwell collection Economic Adviser to the Mitsui Family
Sotheby’s New York, 23-24 March 1998, lot 68 Colonel Melville and Mrs Ruth Noyes, acquired from Mr. Hiroda in July 1948
An Asian private collection of snuff bottles A Greek private collection
Sotheby’s New York, 23-24 March 1998, lot 17
The snuff bottle with chilong and leafy tendrils: An Asian private collection of snuff bottles
Colonel Melville and Mrs Ruth Noyes, acquired by the Colonel during
his service in the US Occupation Forces in Japan, 1946-1951 來源：
Sotheby’s New York, 23-24 March , 1998, lot 29 台灣銀行頭取及三井家族投資顧問，中川小十郎先生舊藏
An Asian private collection of snuff bottles Melville Noyes伉儷舊藏，於1948年7月購自廣田先生
希臘私人舊藏
來源： 1998年3月23至24日於紐約蘇富比拍賣，拍品17號
亞洲私人藏鼻煙壺珍品
蟠螭拱玉璧紋鼻煙壺為Caldwell舊藏
1998年3月23至24日於紐約蘇富比拍賣，拍品68號
亞洲私人藏鼻煙壺珍品

蟠螭靈芝紋鼻煙壺為Melville Noyes伉儷舊藏，1946至1951年間於佔
日盟軍服役期間購自日本
匿名私人舊藏
1998年3月23至24日於紐約蘇富比拍賣，拍品29號

亞洲私人藏鼻煙壺珍品

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