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A glazed porcelain snuff bottle carved with A porcelain snuff bottle with eighteen luohan
figures and landscape Jiaqing period
1820-1860 Of compressed spherical form with a thin neck, flat lip, tall oval foot
The compressed spherical form bottle rising from a concave foot, its ring, molded with a continuous design of the Eighteen Luohan, some
cylindrical neck incised with key-fret patterns, the sides well carved with an animal or attribute, a dragon descending from clouds near the
with a continuous tranquil landscape with two figures walking across neck, the scene picked out on a ground of dense waves; all surfaces
a bridge towards secluded houses nestled in the shades of lush trees except for the foot pad covered with white glaze.
along a riverbank, with mountains in distance, covered overall with a 2 3/8in (6cm) high
thin white enamel. $1,500 - 2,500
2 1/8in (5.4cm) high
$2,500 - 4,000 Provenance
Robert Kleiner, Palm Beach Convention, 30 October 1997
Provenance
The Asian Art Studio, Inc., acquired August 2011 See similar examples molded with luohan illustrated by Bob C.
A. Klein, CA Stevens, The Collector’s Book of Snuff Bottles, no. 278. A cream-
The Neal W. and Frances R. Hunter collection glazed example in the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated by H.
Bob C. Stevens White, Snuff Bottles from China, pl. 115, no. 3.

白釉瓷胎山水人物鼻煙壺 Luohan (the term is the standard abbreviated Chinese transcription
of the Sanskrit arhat) are disciples of Buddha who have transcended
the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth and are honored by all beings in
heaven and on earth. Their numbers can run into the thousands, but
certain groups became established over the centuries, including a
group of five hundred of Hindu origin. A standard group of eighteen
was well established by the Qing dynasty for depiction in art.

白釉瓷胎模製十八羅漢鼻煙壺

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