TWO JAPANESE SATSUMA SNUFF BOTTLES AND A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE

1780-1950

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TWO JAPANESE SATSUMA SNUFF BOTTLES AND A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1950
The first, 1860-1950, is a Satsuma bottle of elongated ovoid shape decorated on both sides with birds and butterflies in flight amidst flowering plants. The second, 1780-1880, is a Chinese cloisonné enamel bottle of flattened, ovoid form, decorated on both sides with scenes of birds in flight amidst flowers, all reserved on an aventurine glass ground. The third, 1860-1950, is a Satsuma bottle of rounded form, decorated on both sides with irises in iron red, green and purple enamels and gilding. The base is inscribed in iron red with a two-character mark reading jia shan.
2¼, 2¼, and 1¾ in. (5.8, 5.8, and 4.4 cm.) high, bone, gilt-metal, and glass stopper (3)

Provenance

Rectangular Satsuma bottle: J.W.A International, Florida, 1991.
Cloisonné enamel bottle: Sotheby Parke Bernet New York, 3 October 1980, lot 175.

Sale room notice

Please note that the two-character inscription reads Kayama.

Lot Essay

Snuff bottles were made in Japan for domestic use, but not in any great number before the production of large quantities made after 1854 for export to Western collectors.
The Cloisonné enamel bottle is noteworthy for the addition of aventurine glass as the ground tone, as it was quite difficult to attain a smooth effect in the process of remelting the material from solid forms.

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