QING DYNASTY,18TH CENTURY

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AN ENTADA SEED SNUFF BOTTLE CARVED WITH THE PORTRAIT OF SHI TAO
QING DYNASTY,18TH CENTURY
One side of the snuff bottle is carved with a portrait of the renowned painter Shi Tao (1642-1707), followed by an inscription signed Cheng Ming (dates unknown), a student of Shi Tao. The other side is further carved with an inscription in seal script, signed Songmen, the pseudonym of Cheng Ming. Accompanied by a hongmu box, with incised inscriptions on both the exterior and the interior of the cover, signed Zheng Wenzhuo (1856-1918) and Liu Tigan (dates unknown, active during late Qing and early Republic periods), respectively, as well as a calligraphic inscription on the underside of the cloth inner cover, signed Zheng Wenzhuo.
1 in. (2.7 cm.) high, hongmu box

Provenance

Zheng Wenzhuo (1856-1918) (according to inscription on box)
Liu Tigan (according to inscription on box)

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Lot Essay

According to the inscriptions on the cover, the current snuff bottle once belonged to Shi Tao. During the end of the Qing dynasty, Zheng Wenzhuo collected it, and stored it in a hongmu box, and wrote a poem Tianxiang fu and inscribed it on the cover. Later, in 1912, the famous collector of that time, Liu Tigan collected it, then inscribed after Zheng Wenzhuo.

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