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A VERY RARE GUYUE XUAN ENAMELED CARVED WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1770-1799

已结束2009年9月15日

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A VERY RARE GUYUE XUAN ENAMELED CARVED WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1770-1799
Of compressed ovoid form, carved in relief and painted in famille rose enamels with a continuous design of an eagle standing on one leg atop a rock beside grasses beneath a pine tree, the sun framed by colorful clouds, jadeite stopper with vinyl collar
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high

G. T. Marsh & Co., Monterey, California, circa 1977.
The Neal W. and Frances R. Hunter Collection.
Sotheby's, New York, 15 September 1998, lot 15.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd.

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In 1767, the Jian Yuan was completed in the Changchun Yuan complex (a series of Imperial gardens to the West of Beijing adjoining the Yuanming Yuan, known collectively as the Summer Palace). One of the halls within the Jian Yuan was the Guyue Xuan (Ancient Moon Pavilion). The Changchun Yuan was intended as a retirement home for the Qianlong Emperor, although he never took up full-time residence there. The Guyue Xuan was completed in 1767, prompting the Emperor to order a group of wares, mostly enamels on glass, bearing the name of that particular pavilion.
The motif of an eagle standing on one leg, with sun and pine tree, imparts several symbolic meanings. An eagle (ying) perched on one leg (duli) is a rebus for the phrase yingxiong duli ('A great man towers over his peers'). The imagery evokes ideals of courage, loyalty and the ability to achieve great things. The combination of an eagle and a pine tree conveys a wish that such a great man will live a long life. See a very similar example illustrated by M. Hughes, The Blair Bequest. Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Princeton University Art Museum, p. 121, no. 138.