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AN ENAMELED PORCELAIN ‘LION AND CUB’’ SNUFF BOTTLE See Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of
1790-1830 Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 6,
Modeled as an open-mouthed Buddhistic lion sitting upright, a cub Part 2, Arts of the Fire Hong Kong, 2008, pp. 443-444, no. 1197, for a
with a small brocade ball held at its belly, the shallow concave base very slightly differing model, that is white glazed and dated to between
enameled in coral red, glazed interior; stopper. 1796 -1820. More interestingly, the authors illustrate an identical bottle
2 7/8in (7.3cm) high to ours, ibid., p. 444, fig. 2, which was illustrated in the famous William
Bragge Collection Album. The first bound publication dated to 1874,
$1,500 - 2,500 but with some uncertainty as to when the hand-painted illustrations
were added, though certainly no later than a second edition of 1880
1790-1830 瓷胎模製太獅少獅鼻煙壺 and almost certainly executed in the 1870’s. For further discussion of
the album, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art
Provenance: of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, Vol. 2, New York,
Hugh Moss Ltd., 11 May 2000 1993, pp. 756-757, no. 481, which turned out to be the missing
Elsa Glickman, New York volume of snuff-bottle illustrations that accompanied the catalogue by
Bonhams New York, Chinese Snuff Bottles From American Collections William Bragge, Bibliotheca Nicotiana. A Catalogue of Books about
(including property from the Elsa Glickman Collection), 12 September Tobacco together with a Catalogue of Objects Connected with the
2016, lot 9040 Use of Tobacco in all its Forms of 1874. William Bragge was one of the
earliest serious collectors of snuff bottles in Europe.
Literature:
Elsa Glickman, Chinese Snuff Bottle Mania, Stories of Collectors,
Trade, Intrigues and Gotham’s Auctions, New York, 2006, fig. H. (un-
numbered two page color spread preceding the introduction)

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