Lot Essay
For a similar bottle, see, The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part II, Christie's New York, 16 March 2016, lot 403.
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JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1820-1860
Details
A CREAMY-WHITE-GLAZED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1820-1860
The bottle is molded on one side with a ferocious dragon with eyes picked out in black, in pursuit of the flaming pearl that appears on the opposite side, all set on a pierced cloud-scroll ground.
2 1⁄2 in. (6.4 cm.) high, glass stopper
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1820-1860
The bottle is molded on one side with a ferocious dragon with eyes picked out in black, in pursuit of the flaming pearl that appears on the opposite side, all set on a pierced cloud-scroll ground.
2 1⁄2 in. (6.4 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Bob C. Stevens Collection, no. 263.
Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Bob C. Stevens, Part I; Sotheby’s Honolulu, 7 November 1981, lot 57.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Bob C. Stevens, Part I; Sotheby’s Honolulu, 7 November 1981, lot 57.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
Literature
B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, no. 263.
Honolulu Advertiser, 5 November 1981.
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 28-29, no. 3.
Honolulu Advertiser, 5 November 1981.
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 28-29, no. 3.
Exhibited
Tokyo, Mikimoto Hall, An Exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles From The Bob C. Stevens Collection, 22-31 October 1978, cat. no. 68.
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