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AN EMBELLISHED LACQUER ON METAL ‘TSUDA FAMILY’ SNUFF A LARGE CINNABAR LACQUER ‘SCHOLARS AND
BOTTLE, 1890-1930 ATTENDANTS’ SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY
Masterfully carved soapstone and mother-of-pearl inlays delicately painted Strikingly detailed cinnabar lacquer carving in high relief
in lacquer on a metal body. with extensive miniature incising. Good patina. Copper
Kyoto, Japan, 1890-1930 body. The foot with black lacquer coating.
China, 19 century.
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Of flattened spade form rising to a slightly everted rim, short rectangular
foot rim, the recessed base marked with Qianlong nianzhi in iron-red, the Deeply carved with an intriguing continuous scene
exterior walls decorated with three boys picking peaches from a tree that depicting several scholars with their attendants engaged
springs from a daihu rock, the reverse with a noble lady under a wutong in various activities, set in an impressive moated palace
tree, standing near a screen decorated with flowers and a dragonfly, compound nestled amongst lush wutong trees, massive
the sides neatly painted in gold lacquer on black ground to depict a rive rocks, a grotto with a small entrance door, all above a
landscape. band of vertical lappet petals, surrounding an oval foot
ring, below a band of clouds, a key fret band, and a ruyi
Shape: Flattened spade band surrounding the neck.
Hollowing: Standard
Mouth, neck and lip: Short cylindric neck with a slightly everted rim Shape: Slightly flattened globular shape.
Base: Rectangular raised foot rim Hollowing: Standard.
Design, marks, school: Tsuda Family, Kyoto, Japan, 1890-1930 Mouth, neck and lip: Cylindric neck with small mouth, the
Stopper: Matching soapstone stopper with old spoon top made of a copper platelet.
Height of the bottle with stopper: 8,6 cm. Base: Convex oval base with massive flat oval foot rim.
Width of the mouth: 8 mm. Stopper: Matching cinnabar lacquer stopper with floral
Width of the neck: 12 mm. décor in high relief, good old spoon.
Weight: 75,5 grams Height of the bottle with stopper: 8.8 cm.
Condition: Excellent condition with some wear Width of the mouth: 7 mm.
Provenance: American private collection Width of the neck: 24 mm.
Weight: 86 grams.
Auction result comparison: CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES. Bonham’s, 12 Condition: Two microscopic nicks, otherwise absolutely
September 2016, NEW YORK, lot 9101. (for another metal and lacquer perfect condition.
bottle by the Tsuda family, also with the flattened spade shape) Provenance: American private collection.
㺮⼑⢥Ⱉ䞛晽梦慹Ⱄ滣䂇⢢炻㖍㛔Ṕ悥㳍䓘⭞㕷炻1890-1930⸜ Literature comparison: Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka
䱦伶晽⇣䘬⢥Ⱉ䞛␴䍵䎈㭵搚⳴⛐㺮梦䘬慹Ⱄ⢢幓ᶲ Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary
Ṕ悥炻㖍㛔炻IJĹĺıĮIJĺĴı⸜ and George Bloch Collection, volume 7, part 1, Hong
䔍䁢挔✳䘬㇩⸛滣䂇⢢炻⸽悐䁢攟㕡⼊䘬嵛➢炻ᷕ攻↡㦥㚱Ḧ昮⸜⇞䘬 Kong, 2009, no. 1538-1544. (for a reference selection of
䲭刚⫿㧋į various cinnabar lacquer bottles)
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伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷 Auction result comparison: CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES
FROM THE COLLECTION OF BARBARA AND MARVIN
EstimateġEUR 600,- DICKER. Bonham’s, 16 March 2015, NEW YORK, lot 1070.
Starting price EUR 300,- (for a related, yet smaller bottle)

㶭ẋ⇼䲭晽㺮”㔯Ṣἵ侭”滣䂇⢢
䳘䶣䘬⇼䲭㴖晽炻⊭㻧列⤥炻戭偶炻⸽悐ἧ䓐湹㺮
ᷕ⚳炻19ᶾ䲨
㶙怫䘬⇣䔓↢劍⸚㔯Ṣ冯ἵ侭Ᾱ⛐㡏㟸㧡冯ⶐ䞛攻⏇娑ἄ
⮵. ⢢味䁢剙䒋㧋⺷.
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伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷
EstimateġEUR 800,-
Starting price EUR 400,-
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