Lot Essay
A nearly identical bottle was sold in Snuff Bottles from the Tuyet Nguyet and Stephen Markbreiter Collection Part I, Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 4 June 2021, lot 1022.
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YIXING, 1820-1850
Details
A SLIP DECORATED AND ENAMELED STONEWARE SNUFF BOTTLE
YIXING, 1820-1850
The bottlle features a slip-decorated panel on either side set against the overall blue-enameled body. The panel on one side depicts a pair of doves in front of a bamboo grove, and the other side depicts a pair of Pekingese dogs beneath a fruiting pomegranate branch.
2 1⁄2 in. (6.3 cm.) high, coral stopper
YIXING, 1820-1850
The bottlle features a slip-decorated panel on either side set against the overall blue-enameled body. The panel on one side depicts a pair of doves in front of a bamboo grove, and the other side depicts a pair of Pekingese dogs beneath a fruiting pomegranate branch.
2 1⁄2 in. (6.3 cm.) high, coral stopper
Provenance
Bob C. Stevens Collection, no. 336
Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Bob C. Stevens, Part I; Sotheby’s Honolulu, 7 November 1981, lot 69.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Bob C. Stevens, Part I; Sotheby’s Honolulu, 7 November 1981, lot 69.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
Literature
H. Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles Four: A Magazine for the collector and student of Chinese Snuff-Bottles, London, 1966, p. 45, fig. 11.
Arts of Asia, September-October 1973, p. 45, fig. 11.
B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, no. 336.
JICSBS, December 1979 and March 1980, p. 13, fig. 4.
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 126-127, no. 50.
Arts of Asia, September-October 1973, p. 45, fig. 11.
B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, no. 336.
JICSBS, December 1979 and March 1980, p. 13, fig. 4.
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 126-127, no. 50.
Exhibited
Tokyo, Mikimoto Hall, An Exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles From The Bob C. Stevens Collection, 22-31 October 1978, cat. no. 92.
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.
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Margaret Gristina (葛曼琪)
Senior Specialist, VP
A nearly identical bottle was sold in Snuff Bottles from the Tuyet Nguyet and Stephen Markbreiter Collection Part I, Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 4 June 2021, lot 1022.