A RARE AND FINELY CARVED RUBY-PINK OCTAGONAL GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1740-1800

Details

A RARE AND FINELY CARVED RUBY-PINK OCTAGONAL GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1740-1800
Both sides are carved with an oval panel with a simulated rope border. One panel is carved with carp swimming amidst reeds, the other with flowering lotus. The narrow sides are carved with six of the Eight Buddhist Emblems. The neck is decorated with a band of pendent ruyi heads beneath rope-twist decoration encircling the mouth.
2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm.) high, stopper

Provenance

Hugh M. Moss Ltd., London, 1976
The J & J Collection; sold at Christie's New York, 29 March 2006, lot 63

Literature

Moss, Graham, Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle. The J & J Collection, New York/Tokyo, 1993, vol. II, no. 355
Robert Kleiner, 'The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle - The J & J Collection' (book review), Arts of Asia, November-December 1995, p. 127

Exhibited

Christie's New York, 1993
Empress Place Museum, Singapore, 1994
Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Snuff Bottles from China. The J & J Collection, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1996-1997
The Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle: The J & J Collection, London, 1997
Naples Museum of Art, Florida, 2002
Portland Museum of Art, Oregon, 2002
National Museum of History, The Miniature World: An exhibition of snuff bottles from the J & J Collection, Taipei, 2002, p. 66
Poly Art Museum, The Art of Chinese Snuff Bottle: Selected Snuff Bottle Collection of James Li, Beijing , 2003

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Lot Essay

This bottle can be confidently attributed to the Beijing Palace workshops based on a number of factors such as the faceted, octagonal shape, the simulated rope borders which are derived from archaic bronzes, the fringe of hanging jewels encircling the neck, and the panels of decoration set against completely decorated surrounding areas.

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