PROBABLY GUANGZHOU, 1760-1850

细节

A CARVED MOTHER-OF-PEARL SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY GUANGZHOU, 1760-1850
The bottle is carved from lustrous pearly-white shell on one side with a scene of a figure looking out of an abode towards a sampan which is carved from a raised area of pale russet color, the reverse is carved with two Westerners and a dog beneath a plantain tree.
2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high, glass stopper

来源

Wheatley Antiques, London, 2002.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2006.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3815.

展览

Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.

注意事项

This lot is offered without reserve.

拍品专文

A similar bottle from the collection of Lilla Perry was sold in The Ruth and Carl Barron of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part II, Christie's New York, 16 March 2016, lot 574. For another similar bottle, and discussion about mother-of-pearl bottles, see Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, the Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 3, Hong Kong, 1998, p. 192, no. 436.

PROBABLY GUANGZHOU, 1760-1850

拍品专文

更多来自 露芙及卡尔‧巴伦珍藏中国鼻烟壶 (第五部分)

更多来自露芙及卡尔‧巴伦珍藏中国鼻烟壶 (第五部分)