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A THREE-COLOUR PORCELAIN ‘HUGONG’ SNUFF BOTTLE The present carved-porcelain figural bottle is of outstanding quality.
19th century It would have been manufactured from a two-part mould which the
Potted with a flat lip and naturalistic foot made up of elements of the artist would then have finished with further carving. The mould joint is
design; carved in the form of Hugong leaning on his stick, his gourd clearly visible on the unglazed interior. See a closely related inscribed
tied over one shoulder, the mouth of the gourd forming that of the pale-yellow porcelain ‘hugong’ snuff bottle from the Mary and George
bottle; the interior unglazed; no stopper, box. Bloch Collection, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 27 May
8cm (3 1/8in) high. 2012, lot 145. Another one from the same collection, which was sold
at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 31 May 2015, lot 5.
HKD120,000 - 150,000
US$15,000 - 19,000 瓷胎上淡黃、綠及黑色釉；平唇，底以設計的元素形成，雕葫公形，壺
表施淡黃釉，以黑釉點睛，內壁不施釉。
十九世紀 瓷胎三彩「葫公」立像鼻煙壺
相近之雕葫公形立像鼻煙壺可參考一件瓷胎淡黃釉葫公形鼻煙
Provenance: 壺，1830–1880年，售於香港邦翰斯，2012年5月27日，拍品編號145；
Crane Family, Kingston, Ont, Canada, mid 1990s 另可比較同舊藏裏一件清十九世紀米黃釉壺公鼻煙壺，售於香港蘇
富比，2015年5月31日，拍品編號5。
來源：
Crane家族收藏，加拿大安大略省金斯頓，上世紀九十年代中期

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