1730-1860

Details

**AN UNUSUAL SANDWICHED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1730-1860
Of compressed form with a flat lip and recessed, concave oval foot, with swirling black threads superimposed on mahogany-colored mottling sandwiched between two transparent green layers, tourmaline stopper with jadeite collar
2 in. (5.52 cm.) high

Provenance

Ko Collection, Tianjin, 1939
Christie's, London, 8 November 1976, lot 72

Literature

Moss, Graham, Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle. The J & J Collection, Vol. 2, no. 325
The Art of Chinese Snuff Bottle, Poly Art Museum, p. 105, fig. a

Exhibited

Christie's, New York, 1993
Empress Place Museum, Singapore, 1994
Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, 1996-1997
Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1997
Naples Museum of Art, Florida, 2002
Portland Museum of Art, Oregon, 2002
National Museum of History, Taipei, 2002
International Asian Art Fair, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, 2003
Poly Art Museum, Beijing, 2003

Special notice

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

Lot Essay

The colorful, variegated markings provide a wealth of potential as the abstract markings are capable of transformation through imagination into a myriad subjects. The random markings on this bottle resemble spontaneous brush markings, drifting incense smoke, or goldfish swimming amidst weeds in a pond.

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