Page 36 - Christie's Chinese Snuff Bottled the Holden Collection March 24, 2022

815
A RARE AND WELL-CARVED PALE GREY AND RUSSET JADEITE
SNUFF BOTTLE
1800-1900 This bottle is particularly unusual in the manner in which the carver
has continued the dense decorative scheme onto the top of the mouth
Of compressed rounded form, the bottle is carved overall, including
and the base. The subject matter of five (wu) bats (fu) can be read as
the top of the mouth and the base, in low relief with a cloud pattern,
wufu, meaning a wish for five blessings. For a further discussion on this
featuring bats on the sides and lingzhi sprays on the top of the mouth and
topic, see T. Bartholomew, Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art, Asian Art
base.
Museum of San Francisco, 2006, p. 23.
21 in. (5.2 cm.) high, malachite stopper

$10,000-15,000
1800-1900年 翠玉雕雲蝠紋鼻煙壺
PROVENANCE:
來源:
Bob C. Stevens Collection, no. 376.
Bob C. Stevens珍藏, 編號376
The Bob C. Stevens Collection of Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bob C. Stevens珍藏重要中國鼻煙壺 (第二部分), 紐約蘇富比, 1982年3月
Bottles, Part II; Sotheby’s New York, 26 March 1982, lot 161. 26日, 拍品編號161
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York. 何瑞秋珍藏, 紐約
LITERATURE: 出版:
B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, no. 376. B. Stevens, 《鼻煙壺收藏指南》, 紐約, 1976年, 編號376
何瑞秋, 《Rivers and Mountains Far from the World - The Rachelle R.
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R.
Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary》, 紐約, 1994年, 頁114-115, 編
Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 114-115,
號44
no. 44.

34

document13283323126295017438.indd 34 2/17/2022 9:55:14 PM