JAPAN, 1840-1880

細節

**A VERY RARE EMBELLISHED LACQUER SNUFF BOTTLE
JAPAN, 1840-1880
Of flattened, high-shouldered tapering form raised on an oval foot, finely decorated on one side with a bearded immortal holding a scroll seated on a crane in flight amidst swirling clouds, the reverse with a man seated on a carp leaping through tumultuous, crashing waves, the narrow sides, the tops of the shoulders and the original stopper with stylized chrysanthemum blossoms borne on dense foliate scroll
2¾ in. (7.0 cm.) high

來源

George Fischer Collection.
Lilla S. Perry Collection.
Mrs. Elmer A. Claar, Northfield, Illinois.

出版

L. S. Perry, Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Adventures & Studies of a Collector, Tokyo, 1960, p. 142, no. 147.
M. M. Renk, "Gold Lacquer Snuff Bottle," JICSBS, vol. 11, no. 1, September 1979, pp. 23-4 and 34.

注意事項

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.

拍品專文

During the latter part of the ninteenth century, Japanese workshops began to expand their repertoir of forms to include snuff bottles, most likely in response to the growing demand from Western collectors. This bottle is decorated in a variety of lacquer techniques that were very much in vogue in Japan from the latter half of the 18th century till the mid 19th century. Designed in gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, ('flat' and 'raised' lacquer painting) and embellished with hirame and kirigane (cut gold and gold flakes) against a nashiji (pearskin) background, it illustrates nicely the wide array of decorative skills common among lacquer artists of Edo-period Japan.

This bottle won first prize in the organic category at the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society's 1972 convention in Boston, Massachusetts.