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A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN ‘FIGURES’
‘SCHOLAR’ SNUFF BOTTLE SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY, 1870-1910 QING DYNASTY, 1830-1870
The bottle is painted on each side with a scholar accompanied The bottle is painted with sixteen boys playing in a garden,
by a young attendant carrying his qin, the shoulders decorated some acting as Sima Guang saving a boy from drowning.
with two bats and clouds. Together with a blue and white Together with a blue and white porcelain dish depicting five
porcelain snuff dish decorated with a scenery at West Lake, boys in a study, the base inscribed with the characters Wanyu
inscribed on the base with the characters wanyu. (Jingdezhen, 1820-1880).
Bottle: 2æ in. (7.1 cm.) high, glass stopper; Bottle: 2Ω in. (6.4 cm.) high, glass stopper;
Dish: 18 in. (4.9 cm.) diam. (2) Dish: 18 in. (4.9 cm.) diam. (2)
HK$8,000-10,000 US$1,100-1,300 HK$12,000-18,000 US$1,600-2,300

PROVENANCE PROVENANCE
Bottle: A European private collection, acquired in the 1960s or Bottle: Dennis G. Crow, Los Angeles, California ,1994
earlier Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no.
Sold at Christie's New York, 21 March 2014, lot 2462 (one of 1592, sold at Christie’s New York, 13 September 2017, lot 267
two) Dish: C.K. Liang, Jade House, Hong Kong, October 1998
Dish: Sold at Christie’s New York, 1 October 2008, lot 315
清1830-1870年 青花嬰戲圖鼻煙壺
清1870-1910年 青花高士圖長方鼻煙壺 （連青花五子登科圖鼻煙碟）
（連玩玉款青花西湖山水圖鼻煙碟）
來源
來源 壺：Dennis G. Crow，洛杉磯，1994年
壺：歐洲私人珍藏，入藏於1960年代或以前 Ruth 及 Carl Barron伉儷珍藏，典藏編號1592，紐約佳士
紐約佳士得，2014年3月21日，拍品2462號（其中之一） 得，2017年9月13日，拍品267號
碟：紐約佳士得，2008年10月1日，拍品315號 碟：C.K. Liang, Jade House，香港，1998年10月

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