1730-1880

Details

A 'SEA SPRAY' CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE
1730-1880
2 7⁄8 in. (7.3 cm.) high, pink tourmaline stopper

Provenance

Ko Collection, Beijing, 1922.
Christie's London, 14 June 1971, lot 124.
Hugh Moss Collection, London.

Literature

H. Moss, "Criteria for Judging Snuff Bottles," Journal of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, Baltimore, December 1977, p. 13, no. 3.
Snuff Bottles of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1978, p. 106, no. 178.
V. Graham, "In Praise of Older Spoons," Journal of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, Baltimore, Autumn 1988, p. 4, fig. 1.
H. Moss et al., The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, vol. 1, New York, 1993, p. 174, no. 95.

Exhibited

London, Hugh M. Moss Ltd., September 1974.
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Snuff Bottles of the Ch'ing Dynasty: The 3rd Festival of Asian Arts, October-December 1978.

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Lot Essay

The subtle network of inherent markings suggestive of sea spray seen on the present snuff bottle appears in other bottles of related material, such as the extremely pale amethyst example in the J & J Collection, illustrated in H. Moss et al., The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, vol. I, New York, 1993, p. 175, no. 96, and subsequently sold in Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the J & J Collection, Part 1; Christie’s Hong Kong, 25 April 2004, lot 829.

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