**A FINE AND WELL-CARVED WHITE AND RUSSET JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
Prospective purchasers are advised that several co… 顯示更多
**A FINE AND WELL-CARVED WHITE AND RUSSET JADE SNUFF BOTTLE

1730-1800

細節
**A FINE AND WELL-CARVED WHITE AND RUSSET JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
1730-1800
The well-hollowed pebble carved in the form of a sack gathered at the neck with a long ribbon and tied in a bow with a branch of flowering peony, the three dangling ends of the bow curling downward, with a monkey perched on the shoulder peering at a wasp, coral stopper
2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high
來源
Honor Smith
Sotheby's, London, 1 February 1977, lot 109
Robert Hall
出版
JICSBS, Autumn 1988, front cover
Moss et. al., The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, vol. 1, no. 17
展覽
Christie's New York, 1993
Empress Place Museum, Singapore, 1994
Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, 1996-1997
Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1997
Naples Museum of Art, Florida, 2002
Portland Museum of Art, Oregon, 2002
National Museum of History, Taipei, 2002
International Asian Art Fair, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, 2003
Poly Art Museum, Beijing, 2003
注意事項
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

拍品專文

The imagery on this bottle is highly auspicious. The construction of the rebus is formed by the monkey (hou) on a sack (dai) with a wasp (feng), which produce the phrase dai fenghou, 'May generations of your family be ennobled as marquises'. The peony held in the monkey's paw is symbolic of riches and honor, and it adds to the auspicious wish. Compare with two other nephrite bottles from the J & J Collection carved with the same subject-matter, illustrated by Moss et. al., The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, New York, 1993, nos. 16 and 17.

The carver of this superb bottle has brilliantly allowed the original shape of the small skin-covered pebble of white nephrite to dictate the form to a considerable extent. The result is an added dimension of color and texture and an emphasis on the abstract qualities of simple forms rather than complex surface detail. This is particularly apparent on the back of the bottle where the shape of the sack is offset by the exquisitely positioned monkey, perfectly rebalancing the asymmetry of the sack itself.

There are other snuff bottles decorated with the same subject matter, including one illustrated P. L. Friedman, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Pamela Leasing Friedman Collection, p. 90, no. 67; one illustrated by R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World, p. 154; one sold in our New York rooms, 3 June 1993, lot 324; a white jade example from the J & J Collection, illustrated by Moss et. al., The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, vol. 1, no. 16; and another also from the J & J Collection, carved from yellow jade, sold in these rooms, 30 March 2005, lot 26.