Edward Luper
Specialist, Chinese Works of Art
The Property of a Lady 女士藏品
Lot 89Ф,Y
TWO CINNABAR LACQUER CARVED SNUFF BOTTLES AND AN IVORY CARVED SNUFF BOTTLE
2 November 2021, 10:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,020 inc. premium
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TWO CINNABAR LACQUER CARVED SNUFF BOTTLES AND AN IVORY CARVED SNUFF BOTTLE
The first lacquer bottle, 18th/19th century, with flattened oval body crisply carved around the exterior with a continuous scene of a Buddhist monk holding a staff, arm and leg raised, amongst a gathering of ladies and gentlemen, amidst trees and mountains in the distance, with carved lion mask and suspended chain handles, stopper, boxwood stand, 7.9cm (3 1/8in) high; the second lacquer bottle, 19th century, of flattened ovoid form, carved with gentlemen scholars and boy attendants in a mountainous, tree-strewn landscape, beneath a ruyi collar and floral band at the neck, coral stopper, 6.2cm (2 3/8in) high; the ivory bottle, 19th/early 20th century, carved in relief with three figures on board a sampan, a gentleman at the fore wearing a tiger skin cloak, all amongst turbulent waves and cloud scrolls, the reverse with a procession of figures riding a variety of beasts, 8.7cm (3 3/8in) high. (7).
Footnotes
十八至十九世紀 剔紅鼻煙壺兩件 及十九世紀/二十世紀早期 牙雕煙壺 一組三件
Provenance:
Parry Collection, London, and thence by descent
來源：
倫敦Parry家族收藏，並由後人保存迄今
See a cinnabar lacquer carved snuff bottle, 1750-1800, with similar decoration to the present lot, which was sold at Christie's New York, 12 September 2018, lot 702. Compare also a deeply-carved ivory bottle, Qianlong, which was sold at Christie's London, 7 November 2017, lot 52.
參考一例1750-1800年制剔紅人物故事圖鼻煙壺，紋飾主題可與本例中剔紅鼻煙壺較大者相比對，售於紐約佳士得，2018年9月12日，拍品編號702；以及一例清乾隆象牙人物故事圖鼻煙壺，售於倫敦佳士得，2017年11月7日，拍品編號52。
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