PROBABLY IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1770-1820

细节

**A RARE ENAMELED TREE-TRUNK-FORM PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1770-1820
Molded in the form of a gnarled prunus tree trunk with blossoming branches, against which grow a pine tree, bamboo, grass and lingzhi, with a bat in flight to one side, enameled porcelain stopper, made by John Charlton, circa 1970
3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high

来源

Julie and Al Stempel
Sotheby's (PB 84), New York, 11 October 1979, lot 64
Hugh M. Moss Ltd.

出版

Chinese Snuff Bottles (Hong Kong Museum of Art), p. 54, no. 98
Moss et. al., The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, vol. 1, no. 239

展览

Hong Kong Museum of Art, October-November 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

注意事项

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.

拍品专文

A number of molded snuff bottles of similar design are known, some with Imperial marks and some without. A Jiaqing-marked example possibly of the same mold, from the W. W. Winkworth Collection, is illustrated in Chinese Snuff Bottles No. 5, p. 67, no. 68, lower illustration. For other enameled examples, see Moss et. al., The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, vol. 2, no. 481, for a bottle from the William Bragge Collection published in 1880, and M. C. Hughes, The Blair Bequest, p. 213, no. 289, for a bottle in the collection of the Princeton University Art Museum. Other enameled examples are illustrated in Chinese Snuff Bottles No. 5, p. 67, fig. 68; in the JICSBS, September 1980, back cover; and by R. Fuller, Snuff Bottles in the Seattle Art Museum, no. 51. A monochrome example in the J & J Collection, is illustrated by Moss et. al., The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, vol. 1, no. 238, and another monochrome example was sold at Sotheby's, New York, 14 March 1979, lot 42.