1750-1820

細節

**AN UNUSUAL WHITE OVERLAY PINK-SPLASHED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1820
Of meiping form with a recessed foot, the bottle with a mottled pink layer sandwiched between two translucent white layers, carved through the top white layer with a continuous scene of two carp separated by two tied sprays of flowering lotus plants, coral stopper with gilt-metal collar
2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high

來源

B. T. Lyons
Sotheby's London, 20 April 1982, lot 20
Hugh M. Moss Ltd.

出版

Chinese Snuff Bottles (Hong Kong Museum of Art), p. 23, no. 4
JICSBS, June 1978, p. 40, no. 4
Moss et. al., The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, vol. 2, no. 379

展覽

Hong Kong Museum of Art, October-December 1977
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

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

It is extremely rare to find a combination of sandwiched glass (where a color is contained between transparent or translucent layers) and overlay. In this case the translucent nature of the white glass would not have worked particularly well as an outer layer for a simply sandwiched bottle, so it was obviously designed originally to be an overlay with the intention of cutting back through the upper layer of translucent white glass to reveal the speckled effects of sandwiching ground-up flakes of ruby-red glass between layers of white. The selection of the subject is masterly, with the white fish and flowers above the water created by revealing the sandwiched pink layer and suggesting the dappling of sunlight in a clear pond.

A very similar bottle, but carved with chi dragons, was offered at Sotheby's, London, 2 July 1984, lot 212. Two further examples include one in blue overlay on a transparent ground, illustrated by H. Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles, no. 1; and a bottle with similar colors, but carved with pine trees, sold at Sotheby's, London, 23 March 1988, lot 106.