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A FINE IMPERIAL CHALCEDONY AGATE EIGHT-LOBED BOTTLE

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A FINE IMPERIAL CHALCEDONY AGATE EIGHT-LOBED BOTTLE
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK INCISED ON THE BASE AND PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD

Of baluster shape, each lobe incised with seven characters forming a continuous Wei Wan poem, between leaf lappets at the foot, ruyi-head collar at the shoulder and stylized flowerheads at the waisted neck
2¼in. (5.7cm.) high, stopper

拍品專文

Wei Wan poems can be read left to right and right to left and, in this case, the poem can start at any of the eight lobes. The poem describes the bottle, the material and its qualities

For a discussion of this group and their attribution to the Imperial Palace Workshops, Beijing, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, vol. I, New York, 1993, pp. 260-262, no. 164

For a very similar bottle with yuzhi mark, see Sotheby's, New York, June 1, 1994, lot 727

For other similar bottles see Christie's Swire, Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles, November 1, 1994, lot 1312; Sotheby's, Hong Kong, October 28, 1992, lot 407; Sotheby's, New York, Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Pamela Hallet, December 2, 1985, lot 77; and Bob C. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1980, pp. 140-141, no. 530 and sold subsequently Sotheby's, Honolulu, November 7, 1981, lot 97