RARE ET IMPORTANTE TABATIÈRE INSCRITE EN AGATE
RARE ET IMPORTANTE TABATIÈRE INSCRITE EN AGATE
RARE ET IMPORTANTE TABATIÈRE INSCRITE EN AGATE
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RARE ET IMPORTANTE TABATIÈRE INSCRITE EN AGATE

CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE À QUATRE CARACTÈRES EN CACHET ET ÉPOQUE QIANLONG, 1760-1795

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RARE ET IMPORTANTE TABATIÈRE INSCRITE EN AGATE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE À QUATRE CARACTÈRES EN CACHET ET ÉPOQUE QIANLONG, 1760-1795
La panse facetée est très délicatement gravée sur chaque facette d'une inscription rehaussée d'or formant un poème probablement de l'empereur Qianlong faisant des éloges à la pierre translucide de cette tabatière ; bouchon en verre imitant le corail.
Hauteur : 6 cm. (2 3/8 in.)
Provenance
Acquired by the father of V.W.S. (1890-1977) in China in the 1930s.
The V.W.S. (1918-1974) Collection.
Post lot text
A RARE AND IMPORTANT INSCRIBED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD, 1760-1795
Sale room notice
Please note that the stopper is made of glass imitating coral.

Veuillez noter que le bouchon est en verre imitant le corail.

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Lot Essay

This bottle belongs to a series of agate snuff bottles bearing a four-character seal mark of Qianlong and inscribed with poems. These bottle only differ in that some are inscribed with a yuzhi ('by Imperial command') mark, and other like this one with a nianzhi ('made in the period') mark. They also differ in that some inscriptions are inlaid with gold like this one and some are not.

Compare to two close Qianlong-marked examples, one (with a yuzhi mark) sold at Christie’s New York, 20 September 2005, lot 445 and one sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 November 2017, lot 2928. A last smaller example (5.5 cm.) is illustrated in Chinese Snuff Bottles: A Miniature Art from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, p. 275, no. 216; where it bears the four-character seal mark on the base characteristic of Palace Workshop production. Another example of smaller size is illustrated in The Imperial Connection, Court Related Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Humphrey K. F. Hui Collection, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998, n°89. See also a similar bottle in the J & J collection, published online by Hugh Moss on e-yaji.com, n° 31.3.660. The bottle has also been published in Oriental Art, 49/3 (2003), 65, fig. 4, Chinese Arts Auction Records: 2005Antiques 1/1/04 – 12/31/04 (Taipei), 8-30, CANS Yishu xinwen, no. 171 (April 2012), 166 and JICSBS, 44/3 (Winter 2012), 5, fig. 5.
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