A SANDWICHED PINK GLASS 'LOTUS' SNUFF BOTTLE
A SANDWICHED PINK GLASS 'LOTUS' SNUFF BOTTLE

IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1740-1800

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A SANDWICHED PINK GLASS 'LOTUS' SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1740-1800
The ovoid bottle is carved through the semi-opaque white layer to the pale pink middle layer with rows of overlapping petals issuing from a curled lotus leaf. The petals and leaves are finely incised to simulate veining and the foot is formed as the curling stem of the flower.
3 in. (7.5 cm.) high, pink tourmaline stopper
来源
Monimar Collection.
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, 2003.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3842.
出版
Clare Lawrence, Miniature Masterpieces from the Middle Kingdom, the Monimar Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, London, 1996, pp. 242-243, no. 115.
展览
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.

拍品专文

This bottle belongs to a well-known group of sandwiched pink glass bottles in the form of lotus flowers, probably made at the Court for distribution as gifts. Most of the bottles from this group tend to be of flattened, ovoid or rounded form. The elegant meiping form of the present bottle is more unusual within the group. Another sandwiched pink glass bottle of this shape was sold at Christie’s New York, 19-20 September 2013, lot 1616.

For examples of flattened, ovoid form, see Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Volume 5, Part 2, Hong Kong, 2008, pp. 324-26, no. 818, and the example from the Hildegard Schonfeld Collection sold at Christie's New York, 21 March 2013, lot 1097. Rounded versions include one from the Blanche B. Extstein Collection sold at Christie’s New York, 21 March 2002, as well as one in Moss, Graham, Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, Volume II, New York, 1993, p. 597, no. 358.

As the lotus emerges pristinely white on a straight stem from the murky waters, it became a symbol of purity and integrity and came to be associated with the upright gentleman.

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