A FINE CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE

Details

A FINE CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE
1730-1880

Of globular, slightly compressed form, well hollowed with a recessed foot, stopper
2 5/16 in. (5.84 cm.) high

Provenance

Ambassador T. T. Li, Shanghai, 1945

Literature

JICSBS, Autumn 1988, p. 4, fig. 1
Moss et. al., The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J&J Collection, vol. 1, no. 93
The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, Poly Art Museum, Beijing, p. 45, fig. a

Exhibited

Havana, Cuba, 1945
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, 1968
Christie's New York, 1993
Empress Place Museum, Singapore, 1994
Museum fur 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

Lot Essay

Cf. another flawless crystal snuff bottle that is undecorated from the J&J Collection, illustrated by Moss et. al., The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, New York, 1993, vol. 1, no. 94. Two other bottles carved from flawless crystal are in the Princeton University Art Museum and are illustrated by M. C. Hughes, The Blair Bequest, Baltimore, Maryland, 2002, p. 54, nos. 24 and 25.

More from IMPORTANT CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES FROM THE J & J COLLECTION

View All