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Lot Essay
This charming bottle is from the same mold as another in the J & J Collection, illustrated by Moss et. al., The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, vol. 1, no. 245. Comparison between the two reveals that minor details of incised and smaller raised lines were added after the principal features were imposed by the mold. Here, the superb technical quality of the molding and hand-finishing is highlighted by the pooling of the richly colored enamel in the many gullies and relief lines.
These cabbage-shaped bottles form part of a larger group of very thinly potted porcelain snuff bottles from the mid- to late-Qing dynasty, including a series of 'squirrel-and-grape' designs, such as the two examples from the J & J Collection, one sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 25 April 2004, lot 875; and the other sold in these rooms, 30 March 2005, lot 34.
A cabbage-form bottle of similar design, but carved from white jade, is in the collection of Denis Low and illustrated by R. Kleiner, Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect, p. 68, no. 55
These cabbage-shaped bottles form part of a larger group of very thinly potted porcelain snuff bottles from the mid- to late-Qing dynasty, including a series of 'squirrel-and-grape' designs, such as the two examples from the J & J Collection, one sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 25 April 2004, lot 875; and the other sold in these rooms, 30 March 2005, lot 34.
A cabbage-form bottle of similar design, but carved from white jade, is in the collection of Denis Low and illustrated by R. Kleiner, Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect, p. 68, no. 55