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8003
A RED OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE WITH
CONFRONTED CHILONG
1770-1840
Of pear shape, with a flat lip, waisted neck and oval foot rim
surrounding a slightly convex foot, the front and back both decorated
with a ruby red overlay carved as two descending archaistic stylized
kui dragons bound at the tail, with a pearl over their heads.
2 7/8in (7.3cm) high
$1,200 - 1,800
1770-1840年 透明地套紅料螭龍紋鼻煙壺
Provenance
Collection of Yu-Sheng Louise Feng, brought from China, late 1940’s
The geometric design and symmetrical layout of the archaistic
dragons is sourced from patterns on early bronzes. A similar bottle in
yellow glass with an amber overlay is illustrated by Michael C. Hughes,
The Blair Bequest Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Princeton University
Art Museum, no. 143, p. 124.
8004 8004 (two views)
A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
Qianlong mark, attributed to Ye Bengqi, 1930’s
Of rounded rectangular form, with a flat lip and a waisted neck,
supported on a neatly carved oval foot rim, the body finely painted
in famille rose enamels with a continuous scene of peony and
bamboo springing from a rocky outcropping with yellow-breasted
birds and a butterfly, the collar encircled by a series of sapphire
blue stylized lingzhi heads below a puce enamel scrolling vine
border at the neck, with carved fixed ring mask handles also
enameled, the recessed base with an apocryphal four-character
Qianlong nianzhi mark in blue enamel.
2 5/16in (5.8cm) high
$10,000 - 15,000
1930年代 傳葉菶祺 涅白地胎粉彩花鳥紋鼻煙壺
Provenance
Collection of Yu-Sheng Louise Feng, brought from China, late 1940’s
Aspects of this bottle’s design, such as the puce scrolling vine and 8005 (two views)
blue lingzhi heads, are taken from enameled bottles on glass and
metal produced by the Qianlong Palace workshops in the 18th
century. Here, the artist’s attention to detail is exquisite, with the
shifting tones in the petals, the variegated colors of the leaves, and
even the birds’ tongues all carefully attended to with fine brushwork.
For a thorough discussion of this group of enameled wares produced
by the Ye family in Beijing, see Hugh Moss, “The Apricot Grove Studio,
Part III: Enameled Glass Wares”, Journal, Autumn 1985, pp. 116-30,
where similar examples are illustrated.
8005
A FOUR-COLOR OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1770-1880
The compressed bottle with a flat lip and oval foot rim, with sapphire-
blue, rose pink, green and yellow carved overlay flowers and butterflies
emerging from rockwork, on an opalescent glass ground.
2in (5cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000
1770-1880年 雪霏地套四色料花蝶紋鼻煙壺
Provenance
Collection of Yu-Sheng Louise Feng, brought from China, late 1940’s
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