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A slip-decorated Yixing snuff bottle A fluted Yixing snuff bottle
1850-1880 1840-1880
The tapering hexagonal bottle rising from a conforming foot ring, Well-hollowed, of rounded square form narrowing towards its waisted
with a cylindrical neck, flat lip, decorated in a buff-colored slip to a neck, the deeply recessed foot surrounded by an oval foot ring, the
chocolate- brown ground depicting a hut in a rocky landscape dotted sides carved with vertical fluted panels.
with foliage and trees, the reverse decorated with a peach tree and 2 1/8in (5.4cm) high
bat, flanked by two elephant-head form handles. $1,500 - 2,500
2 5/16in (5.9cm) high
$1,500 - 2,500 Provenance
Asiantiques, 11 January 1998
Provenance
Robert Kleiner, August 2002 A range of Yixing snuff bottles from the nineteenth century which are
not decorated with slip designs or enamels, resemble closely the
宜興紫砂堆料山水鼻煙壺 popular teapots espoused by the literati in their humble yet elegant
appearance. This simple and unusual fluted example delightfully states
the grace of such wares.

宜興紫砂瓜楞鼻煙壺

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