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A soapstone ‘Lantern Festival’ snuff bottle A white and russet jade ‘double gourd’ An enamelled Yangzhou glass snuff bottle
Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century snuff bottle Qianlong four-character seal mark and of the
The stone carved with a continuous scene of Qing dynasty period
young boys celebrating the Lantern Festival, The semi-translucent stone worked in the form Painted on both sides with floral sprays picked
two figures performing the lion dance and of a double gourd issuing a gnarled branch out in vivid tones of violet, pink, lavender,
others playing gong, carrying flags and entwined with leafy vine scrolls issuing further yellow and white with green leaves, the base
lanterns, all within borders of keyfret scrolls at smaller double gourds, a monkey clambering incised with a four-character zhuanshu seal
the neck and footrim. up the side trying to reach the fruit. mark.
7.8cm high. 8cm high. 6.5cm high.
HK$80,000 - 120,000 HK$35,000 - 55,000 HK$15,000 - 20,000
US$10,000 - 15,000 US$4,500 - 7,100 US$1,900 - 2,600
清 18/19世紀 壽山石雕花燈節鼻煙壺 清 白玉帶皮猴攀葫蘆鼻煙壺 清乾隆 揚州作玻璃胎畫琺瑯花卉紋鼻煙壺
Provenance 來源: Provenance 來源:
Gerry Mack collection Acquired in Hong Kong, April 1992
Paula J. Hallett collection
Sotheby’s New York, 27 June 1986, lot 61
Illustrated 出版:
Bob Stevens, The Collector’s Book of Snuff
Bottles, New York, 1994, no.648.
Journal of the International Chinese Snuff
Bottle Society, Vol.XVI No.5, Spring 1985, front
cover.
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