Page 29 - Bonhams Snuff Bottles NYC Nov 13 2017

8045 8046

8045 8046
AN OLIVE BROWN OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE AN AGATE ‘MONKEY AND HORSE’ SNUFF BOTTLE
Yangzhou school, 1884 Official School, 18th/19th century
Of flattened rectangular form, with an everted lip, supported by Well-hollowed, of flattened, rounded square shape, the mottled-
an oval foot rim around a concave foot, one face carved with a tortoise shell skin skillfully carved to depict a monkey perched on a
chrysanthemum, millet and crab with a four character inscription in rock above a horse, the monkey waving a leafy twig to drive away a
archaic script reading jiashen chunri (Spring Day, 1884), reversed by wasp, the honey-toned stone displaying vertical bands.
two figures in a boat, each of the narrow sides with an inscription 2 3/8in (6 cm) high
in archaic script, one reading jiashen nianzuo (made in 1884) and
Dieyuan zhenwan (Dieyuan’s plaything). US$4,000 - 6,000
2 5/8in (6.5cm) high
十八/十九世紀 瑪瑙雕馬上封侯圖鼻煙壺
US$4,000 - 6,000
Provenance
甲申年（1884年） 揚州作白地套褐料漁人和諧紋鼻煙壺 《瓞園珍 Vanessa Holden, 31 January 1996
玩》款

Provenance
Hugh Moss, Ltd., 29 March 2001, ‘The Yangzhou Promotion’

Published
Lot 8045, Yangzhou School, Elsa Glickman Chinese Snuff Bottle
Mania, Stories of Collectors, Trade, Intrigues and Gotham’s Auctions,
New York, 2006, figure K

CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES FOM AMERICAN COLLECTIONS | 27