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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. ALBERT CHAN 859
YUE HONG FOUR SNUFF BOTTLES
19th to 20th century
858 Including three rock crystal bottles: the first rendered as four upside-
FIVE OVERLAY DECORATED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES down lotus petals wrapping around a lotus pod serving as the foot;
19th to 20th century the second an ovoid bottle with six vertical ridges; the third a faceted
Including three dual-overlaid bottles: the first depicting two opposing bottle, utilizing the icy inclusions in the stone carved with a boy holding
ducks holding lotus branches as they glide through wave patterns a lotus blossom and standing in front of water weeds and rocks; the
above the foot ring, the second with applied pink and black overlays, last an elongated Canton enamel on gilt metal snuff bottle, each broad
carved with a duck and a large fish; the third a ‘snowflake’ bottle with side featuring a landscape panel framed by a pair of facing dragons,
black and white overlays, depicting a deer and crane under pine trees separated by a pair of phoenixes on the narrow sides, the recessed
opposed by chrysanthemums and a lingzhi sprig; the fourth a flattened base centered with a Shangwan mark.
ivory-tinged bottle with thickly applied green overlay, highlighted with 1 7/8 to 2 7/8in (4.8 to 7.3cm) high (4).
thinner layers of various colors to exhibit the ‘Three Friends of Winter’
theme; the fifth a pale blue ground double-gourd bottle, decorated $1,200 - 1,800
with additional double-gourds, leafy trailing vines, and bats. Provenance
1 7/8 to 2 7/8in (4.8 to 7.3cm) high (5). Bottle decorated with lotus petals:
Te Feng Company, Hong Kong, 16 March 1997
$1,200 - 1,800 Bottle with six vertical ridges:
King Feng Arts, Co., Hong Kong, 21 August 1997
Provenance
Ivory ground bottle: 860
Sotheby’s, London, 18 June 1998 TWO MOLDED AND FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED PORCELAIN
‘Double-gourd’ bottle: ‘FIGURAL’ SNUFF BOTTLE
King Feng Arts Co., Hong Kong, 27 January 1996 Jiaqing period, 1796-1820
The first molded in high relief depicting young boys in a courtyard
transporting water with buckets, its mouth and foot rims heightened
in gilt, the recessed base inscribed with Qianlong nian zhi characters
in iron-red seal s`cript; the second molded on one side with a scholar
and his attendant in a craggy landscape, reversed with a mythological
story scene depicting figures in a boat in choppy water surrounded by
serrated rock works, the underside with a Jiaqing nian zhi mark within
an oval foot ring.
2 7/8 and 2 1/4in (7.3 and 5.7cm) high (2).
$800 - 1,200
Provenance
‘boys in a courtyard’ bottle: Chinese Arts & Crafts Ltd., Hong Kong,
8 April 2000
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