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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY 女士藏品 THE PROPERTY OF A LADY 女士藏品
Lots 246 - 248

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A RARE FAMILLE ROSE ‘BOY AND A FAMILLE ROSE ‘LOTUS LEAF’ SNUFF A GROUP OF FOUR GLASS OVERLAY
DOUBLE-GOURD’ SNUFF BOTTLE BOTTLE SNUFF BOTTLES
Qianlong seal mark, late Qing Dynasty/ 18th/19th century Qing Dynasty
Republic Period Expertly modelled in the form of a curling lotus Comprising two red overlay bottles, the first
Carefully modelled as a young boy with a tuft leaf with finely detailed veins, the long stems carved with stylised chilong, 5.4cm (2 1/8in)
of hair clutching a large double-gourd, the emerging from the gilt mouth of the bottle, the high, the second with a Buddhist lion playing
figure brightly enamelled with gilt florets on a fleshy pink blossoms and seed pod curving with ribbon brocade ball on each side, with
rich coral ground, the double-gourd decorated underneath the base. 7.8cm (3 1/8in) high. ‘snowflake’ specks on the transparent ground,
with lotus scrolls on a lime-green ground. 5.8cm (2 1/4in) high; and two blue overlay
4.2cm (1 5/8in) high. £1,500 - 2,000 bottles, one on ‘snowflake’ ground with eight
CNY13,000 - 18,000 horses, stopper. 6.8cm (2 11/16in) high, the
£3,000 - 4,000 second with Shou medallion surrounded by five
CNY26,000 - 35,000 十八/十九世紀 瓷胎粉彩模印荷葉卷式鼻煙壺 bats on each side, 6.8cm (2 11/16in) high (4).

晚清/民國 瓷胎模製粉彩童子抱葫蘆鼻煙壺 Provenance: d’Arcy Arthur Baker-Carr (1908 - £1,500 - 2,000
礬紅「大清乾隆年製」篆書款 1985) (collection no.70), and thence by descent CNY13,000 - 18,000

Provenance: an important European private 來源：d’Arcy Arthur Baker-Carr（1908-1985） 清 白地套各色玻璃鼻煙壺一組四件
collection, and thence by descent 舊藏，藏品編號70，並由後人保存迄今
Provenance: d’Arcy Arthur Baker-Carr
來源：重要歐洲私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今 (1908 - 1985) (collection nos.117, 118,
121 and 122), and thence by descent
A similar porcelain ‘boy and double-gourd’
snuff bottle of this form, similarly inscribed 來源：d’Arcy Arthur Baker-Carr（1908-1985）
with an apocryphal Qianlong seal mark, 舊藏，藏品編號117，118，121及122，並由
was illustrated in Chinese Snuff Bottles, 後人保存迄今
Hong Kong, 1977, p.62, pl.122, and sold at
Bonhams Hong Kong, 24 November 2012, lot
26, from the collection of Paul Braga.

See also a similar ‘boy and double-gourd’
snuff bottle, Qianlong seal mark, late Qing
dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby’s Hong
Kong, 28-29 November 2019, lot 542.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
228 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.