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A WELL-CARVED CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
SUZHOU SCHOOL, 1750-1850 While the inscriptions on this bottle point out that the fisherman is
Of rounded form, the bottle is carved on one side with a scene of a kept company by the egrets, the additional imagery of two bats, one
solitary fisherman looking up at two bats, with a monkey appearing shown rightside up and the other upside down, can be interpreted as 'a
from behind rocks and an inscription reading jiang hong man di yi yu weng double blessing (shuangfu)' formed by 'pair' (shuang) and 'bats' (fu). For
(kept company by a flock of river egrets is a lone hoary fisherman). The a further discussion, see T. Bartholomew in Hidden Meanings in Chinese
reverse is carved with trees that frame the scene with fish swimming in Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 2006, p. 22.
waves below, and a central inscription reading de li tu (may you gain a
title and wealth). 1750-1850年 蘇作瑪瑙巧雕「得利圖」鼻煙壺
2 in. (5.1 cm.) high, carved white jade stopper
來源:
$20,000-30,000 Bob C. Stevens珍藏, 編號571
Bob C. Stevens珍藏重要中國鼻煙壺 (第三部分), 紐約蘇富比, 1982年6月
PROVENANCE: 25日, 拍品編號99
Bob C. Stevens Collection, no. 571. 何瑞秋珍藏, 紐約
The Bob C. Stevens Collection of Fine and Important Chinese Snuff
展覽:
Bottles, Part III; Sotheby’s New York, 25 June 1982, lot 99.
東京御木本會館, 「Bob C. Stevens珍藏中國鼻煙壺」, 1978年10月22至31日,
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York. 圖錄編號134
EXHIBITED: 出版:
Tokyo, Mikimoto Hall, An Exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles From The B. Stevens, 《鼻煙壺收藏指南》, 紐約, 1976年, 編號571
Bob C. Stevens Collection, 22-31 October 1978, cat. no. 134. 何瑞秋, 《Rivers and Mountains Far from the World - The Rachelle R.
Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary》, 紐約, 1994年, 頁290-291,
LITERATURE: 編號127
B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, no. 571.
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R.
Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 290-291,
no. 127.

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