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Lot Essay
This elegant bottle is by the same master slip-decorator who produced the spectacular and rare bottle also in the J & J Collection decorated with brown slip on a beige ground, which was made for the Court (see Moss, Graham, Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle. The J & J Collection, no. 255; this bottle was later sold in these rooms, 30 March 2005, lot 78). The J & J Collection also includes two other bottles by the same hand, illustrated Moss, Graham, Tsang, ibid., nos. 252-54. For further examples of his work, see R. Kleiner, Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect, p. 198, no. 170, for a bottle in the Denis Low Collection; B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, no. 324; R. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, p. 367, no. 240; and An Imperial Qing Tradition, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collections of Humphrey K. F. Hui, p. 49, no. 45.
This series of slip-decorated bottles is now believed to be earlier than was previously thought, and represents the prototypes for the Imperial group decorated with Pekinese dogs and doves in the present sale (see lot 38). The slip decoration in each case is masterful.
This series of slip-decorated bottles is now believed to be earlier than was previously thought, and represents the prototypes for the Imperial group decorated with Pekinese dogs and doves in the present sale (see lot 38). The slip decoration in each case is masterful.