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A MOLDED AND CARVED PALE YELLOW-GLAZED PORCELAIN
SNUFF BOTTLE
Huang Chengfu, Daoguang Period (1821-1850)
122 Of compressed pear shape, finely carved with a landscape scene with
a figure viewing a distant waterfall, applied overall with a pale yellow
enamel, the foot with the mark Huang Chengfu zuo in relief in seal
script, with a corresponding stopper of carved porcelain with a yellow
glaze.
3 1/4in (8.2cm) including the stopper

$3,000 - 5,000
清道光 瓷雕山水鼻煙壺 《黃成福作》款

Provenance
Sotheby’s New York, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the
Collection of Alice B McReynolds, Part II, 16 April 1985, lot 9

來源
紐約蘇富比，1985年4月16日，拍品編號9

Although Huang Chengfu’s name is connected with a few extant
porcelain objects, little is known about his life, although it is presumed
he was active in Jingdezhen during the Daoguang period as a
contemporary of Chen Guozhi (c 1800-1860). See Tony Miller and
Humphrey Hui Elegance in Relief, Carved Porcelain from Jingdzhen of
the 19th to early 20th centuries, University of Hong Kong, 2006, no 90
p. 223 for the only other known snuff bottle by Huang Chengfu, in the
collection of Denis S.K. Low.

123
A MIXED METAL SNUFF BOTTLE
Japan, 1868-1920
Of flattened shield form, with a threaded stopper and a ruyi form foot,
the copper ground body embellished with other alloys, front and back
123 bearing the same design of a central panel with an array of blossoms
bordered by eleven butterflies, bearing kui dragons with bifurcated tails
as handles on the sides, with a later chain strap.
2 1/4in (5.5cm) high

$1,500 - 2,500
日本 1868-1920年 銅模菊花鼻煙壺

Several similar brass and copper alloy mixed metal bottles, likely made
in Japan for export to China, are extant. See Bob Stevens, Snuff
Bottles,, New York, 1976, p.218, pl.812; and Robert Hall, Chinese
Snuff Bottle IV, London, 1991, p,6, no.6.

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