IMPERIAL, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, QIANLONG YUTI INCISED MARK AND OF THE PERIOD, 1736-1795

細節

**A FINE AND RARE INSCRIBED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, QIANLONG YUTI INCISED MARK AND OF THE PERIOD, 1736-1795
Of flattened, high-shouldered tapering form supported on a tall, splayed, perforated foot, carved on either shoulder with a stylized, descending butterfly pierced with a tiny channel through the body, finely incised on either side with a poem in clerical script, one side inscribed Qianlong yuti (Imperial composition of the Qianlong Emperor), the well-hollowed stone of even honey tone, stopper
2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) high

來源

Edmund F. Dwyer Collection, California.

出版

H. M. Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles of the Silica or Quartz Group, London, 1971, p. 74.
M. M. Renk, "Poetry on Three Agate Snuff Bottles", Arts of Asia, vol. 7, no. 6, November - December 1977, pp. 68-90.

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

According to M. Renk, "Poetry on Three Agate Snuff Bottles", p. , the poems inscribed on this bottle may be translated:

Ode to Spring

The Spring is mild, the sun is bright
The waves are calm within my sight.
The light in sky and sea
A shimmering pale blue that stretches to infinity.
The sand gulls here are found,
And rainbow fish abound.
Sweet grass now rims the shore around;
And orchids flourish on an island in the sound.

and:

Vermillion Phoenix Pay Homage

Again, Spring comes to earth and to heaven,
Rain and dew from the sky keep the four seasons fresh,
And forever renewed they continue their endless revolving.
Among people, the best of all traits - to be loyal and show filial piety.
As the subjects are loyal to their Sovereign,
So the children defer to their parent for their wisdom and grace.

A very similar inscribed agate bottle also supported on a pierced foot, but lacking the inscription Qianlong yuti, is in the Denis S. K. Low Collection and illustrated by R. Kleiner, Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect, Singapore, 1999, no. 173.