Edward Luper
Specialist, Chinese Works of Art
The Property of a Lady 女士藏品
Lot 91Ф,Y
FIVE HARDSTONE AND GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES 19th/early 20th century
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2 November 2021, 10:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,785 inc. premium
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FIVE HARDSTONE AND GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
19th/early 20th century
Comprising a green-overlay white glass snuff bottle, with gnarled and blossoming prunus branches extending around the body, with hardstone stopper, 6.1cm (2 3/8in) high; a smokey rock crystal snuff bottle, carved in low relief with bearded sages, the reverse with poetic inscription in xingshu calligraphy with glass stopper and wood stand, 5.5cm (2 2/8in) high; a malachite snuff bottle and stopper, expertly carved around the exterior with a deer, crane and peacock amidst various trees, the stone of lustrous emerald-green tone, with wood stand, with stopper, 7.6cm (3in) high; a lavender agate snuff bottle and stopper, carved around the exterior with a female Immortal and boy attendant, amidst flowers and trees, with stopper, 7.4cm (3in) high; and a turquoise snuff bottle and stopper, the flattened body carved with leafy sprays and birds, with wood stand, with stopper, 7.8cm (3 1/8in) high. (13).
Comprising a green-overlay white glass snuff bottle, with gnarled and blossoming prunus branches extending around the body, with hardstone stopper, 6.1cm (2 3/8in) high; a smokey rock crystal snuff bottle, carved in low relief with bearded sages, the reverse with poetic inscription in xingshu calligraphy with glass stopper and wood stand, 5.5cm (2 2/8in) high; a malachite snuff bottle and stopper, expertly carved around the exterior with a deer, crane and peacock amidst various trees, the stone of lustrous emerald-green tone, with wood stand, with stopper, 7.6cm (3in) high; a lavender agate snuff bottle and stopper, carved around the exterior with a female Immortal and boy attendant, amidst flowers and trees, with stopper, 7.4cm (3in) high; and a turquoise snuff bottle and stopper, the flattened body carved with leafy sprays and birds, with wood stand, with stopper, 7.8cm (3 1/8in) high. (13).
Footnotes
十九世紀至二十世紀早期 硬石及玻璃制鼻煙壺 一組五件
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
The range of materials illustrated in this group of snuff bottles is reflective of the skill and ingenuity utilised by the Chinese artisans to create a wealth and variety of snuff bottles in almost every conceivable material. Snuff bottles were initially made for the Emperor and the Court. Through the 19th century snuff bottles were produced in greater quantities for a public which not only admired Imperial tastes but enjoyed the functionality of these finely-crafted miniatures.
本組拍品足可展示中國工匠使用各類材質作為胎體豐富鼻煙壺創作場域的匠心獨運、巧奪天工。鼻煙最初傳入之時，僅於宮廷與王公貴族間流通。至十九世紀已廣泛普及，鼻煙壺的製作也由順應宮廷審美而擴大到為人們日常使用增添情趣。
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