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6020 (two views) 6020
A RARE ENAMELED CARAMEL GLASS
6021 SNUFF BOTTLE
Guyue Xuan mark, 1770-1799
20 | BONHAMS Of spade form with a waisted neck, slightly
concave lip, painted in thin enamels of varied
and subdued shades around the sides to
present a lush and tranquil lotus pond, the
neatly recessed foot with three very faint
characters reading Guyue Xuan (Ancient
Moon Pavilion).
2 3/16in (5.6cm) high
$6,000 - 8,000

Provenance
Jin Hing & Co, Los Angeles, 28th October
1996

The myths surrounding Guyue Xuan ware
have been explored and discussed by many
academics, connoisseurs and collectors.
Nevertheless conclusions as to where, when,
and how it was started, developed, and
became established remain an intriguing
mystery open for debate and speculation. For
references on Guyue Xuan snuff bottles, see
“Mysteries of the Ancient Moon”, Hugh Moss,
The International Snuff Bottle Society Journal,
Spring 2006, pp. 16-33, and Lilla Perry,
Chinese Snuff Bottles, pp.95-99.

A comparable snuff bottle with Guyue Xuan
mark, from the Barbara and Marvin Dicker
Collection, sold in our New York rooms, 16
March 2015, sale 22949, lot 1054. Compare
also, a very closely related bottle from the
Bloch Collection, sold by Sotheby’s Hong
Kong, 26 May 2014, lot 1044, and a similar
bottle illustrated by Robert Hall, Chinese
Snuff Botttles XII, fig. 64, p. 44-45.

1770-1799年 淺醬料胎畫琺瑯蓮池紋鼻煙壺
《古月軒》款

6021
AN AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1880
Well-hollowed, of rounded rectangular form
with a short neck, flat lip, carefully defined
flared foot ring, the narrow sides flanked with
two finely carved mock lion mask-and-ring
handles; the crizzled amber of an attractive
uniform golden-brown color.
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high
$2,500 - 4,000

Provenance
Phyllis Kaufman, California, 14th October
1976

Illustrated
International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society,
Journal, June 1979, front cover

1780-1880年 琥珀雙耳獸面鼻煙壺