Fine Chinese SNUFF BOTTLES
 AUCTION Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles ᷕ⚳滣䄁⢢䍵䍑

Friday, June 15th 2018 at 3pm CET CATALOG SN0618

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1 AN UNUSUAL MUGHAL-STYLE ‘TRELLIS’ LAPIS Base: Plain convex round base LAZULI SNUFF BOTTLE, MEIPING-FORM Design, marks, school: Mughal-Style The stone with a layer of intense lapis-blue above Stopper: Pink glass in imitation of tourmaline, carved a second layer of brighter greyish-blue, the second in the shape of a pagoda-top, on a gilt bronze layer with a smooth polish, as well as top and base platelet China, 18th – 19th century Height of the bottle with stopper: 7.8 cm. Width of the mouth: 5 mm. Of traditional form with rounded shoulders above a Width of the neck: 22 mm. well-hollowed, tapering body, the elaborate surface Condition: Excellent pierced and skillfully carved with an ornate trellis Provenance: American private collection composed of a lattice of foliated vines below the shoulders. Literature comparison: Chinese Art. Sotheby’s, Hong The carver made a brilliant use of the two differently Kong, June 1st, 2017, lot 635. (for a Mughal-Style colored layers in the mineral to create a stunning white jade reticulated vase bearing a similar design) three-dimensional effect of climbing vines on a mural, a common design during the Mughal era. 㶭ẋ份夳卓再⃺桐㟤㠭䒞⼊“晽剙䨿㪢”滣䂇⢢ ⑩䚠㤝⤥ Shape: Meiping 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷 Hollowing: Excellent Mouth, neck and lip: Sprawling neck with slanted lip, EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 500,- convex top and very small mouth Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 250,-

4 5 3 A LAPIS LAZULI ‘CRANE AND TREE’ SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY Lapis lazuli of good, intense color, with carving in high relief and multiple incised details, the surface with smooth polish and a good patina Qing dynasty, 1750-1850

Of compressed spade shape rising to a flared neck, surmounted on a concave oval foot, finely carved with a crane resting beneath a pine tree issuing from rockworks below, the lustrous purple-blue stone with few darker grey streaks, the backside suffused with a cloud of metallic-silver specks. Lion mask handles to both shoulders, dramatically carved in high relief.

Shape: Flattened spade Hollowing: Good Mouth, neck and lip: Succinct neck with flat top and cylindric mouth Base: Small oval base with raised, flat foot rim Stopper: Coral, old spoon Height of the bottle with stopper: 5.8 cm. Width of the mouth: 6 mm. Width of the neck: 12 mm. Condition: Excellent, one tiny nibble to lip Provenance: Hungarian private collection

Literature comparison: THE PAUL BRAGA COLLECTION OF SNUFF BOTTLES. Bonhams, Hong Komg, November 24th, 2012, lot 117. (for another lapis lazuli bottle, showing a crane design)

㶭ẋ曺慹䞛“㜦ᶳẁ浜”滣䂇⢢ ⑩䚠㤝⤥, ⒯㱧ᶲ㚱ᶨ忻⍲ᶵ⎗夳䘬⮷⎋ ⊰䈁⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷

EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 300,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 150,-

4 A SMALL PLAIN TURQUOISE SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY Bright plain turquoise with few ‘crizzled’ black veining, good ‘oily’ surface finish, some yellowish patina China, later 19th century

The opaque plain bottle of elegant shape with a sprawling neck and a very, very small mouth. It is believed by some that such miniature bottles were predominantly designed for ladies use during the later 19th century.

Shape: Flattened heart shape Hollowing: Fair to good Mouth, neck and lip: Short sprawling neck, slanted lip, flat top, small mouth Base: Oval base with raised flat foot rim Stopper: Matching carved turquoise stopper in the shape of a knob, 2 the mineral a bit darker though A LAPIS LAZULI SNUFF BOTTLE, QING Shape: Bulbous oval Height of the bottle with stopper: 5 cm. DYNASTY Hollowing: Excellent Width of the mouth: 4 mm. Carved Lapis lazuli with a good patina and Mouth, neck and lip: Cylindric neck with flat top and small mouth Width of the neck: 15 mm. smooth polish Base: Oval with raised, flat foot rim Condition: Excellent, with one tiny nick to lip China, 18th – 19th century Stopper: Glass in imitation of coral, carved in the shape of a blossom, resting on a green, slanted platelet Provenance: Hungarian private collection Height of the bottle with stopper: 7.1 cm. Of bulbous oval form, resting on a shape- Width of the mouth: 6 mm. 㶭ẋ䵈㜦䞛⮷滣䂇⢢ matching oval base, the cylindric neck ⑩䚠㤝⤥, ⒯悐㚱ᶨ嗽⮷仢⎋ rising to a flat top, the stone of a dark blue Width of the neck: 17 mm. ⊰䈁⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷 tone with a few lighter clouds, suffused Condition: Excellent with metallic-silver specks. The blue in Provenance: American private collection EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 200,- this bottle is unusually intense and among Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 100,- the most gem-like colors known for this Literature comparison: Snuff Bottles from the Mary & George Bloch Collection: Part IX. Sotheby’s, Hong mineral. It appears to belong to a large Kong, November 24th, 2014, lot 192. SNUFF BOTTLES FROM THE MARY & GEORGE BLOCH COLLECTION: group of plain bottles which may have PART VII. Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, November 26th, 2013, lot 45. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. been made for the Court during the mid- Sotheby’s, New York, March 23rd, 2011, lot 771. (all for related, plain lapis lazuli bottles) Qing period. Although common in white nephrite, jadeite and crystal, both colorless 㶭ẋ曺慹䞛滣䂇⢢ and brown, occasionally they are found in ⑩䚠㤝⤥ other materials as well, such as coral and, 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷 as in the present bottle, lapis lazuli. EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 800,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 400,-

6 7 5 6 A TURQUOISETURQUOISE MATRIXMAT ‘PLAYING BUDDHIST LIONS’ SNUFF A CARVED ‘CHILONG’ THUMBPRINT MALACHITE SNUFFUFF BOTTLE,BOTTLE, QING DYNASTYDYN BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY TurquoiseTurquoise of ddeepeep ggreenish color, with a few brighter areas, marked with Malachite with expressive thumbprint patterns on both sides,des, some well-figuredwell-figured matrix,m some unusual speckling across both faces of coinciding with the shape of the bottle, partially reticulateded thethe bottle,bottle, andand somesome intriguing darker staining, partly due to handling carving in high relief, the mineral of intense green color, withwith but too wwellell defidefinedned to stem purely from patination. a fine surface polish and patina China,China, latelate 18thth - mimidd 19th century China, 1750-1850

CarvedCarved in rerelieflief to dedepict two Buddhist lions, one each side, chasing Boldly carved in pear shape, the shoulders with two powerfulerful a brbrocadeocade bball,all, wiwithth some neatly incised detail work completing the coiled Chilong depicted in a reticulated manner. Malachitee amusingamusing scenescene.. is a copper carbonate hydroxide mineral. Most existing earlyrly malachite snuff bottles are uncarved, because the minerall is “The“The universaluniversal gem standard for turquoise is that the more brilliant soft and therefore any high-relief carving is easily worn offff the sksky-bluey-blue cocolorlor theth more valuable the stone, but in China it is clear and damaged. fromfrom thatthat bobothth grgreenee and blue veined material was equally valued. The evidenceevidence lieslies in snuffsnuf bottles in other materials that evoke turquoise. Shape: Bulbous pear shape Of thethe enentiretire turturquoisequo range of Qing glass snuff bottles, many more Hollowing: Excellent are of a green titintnt ththan a sky-blue one. Porcelain imitations of the Mouth, neck and lip: Elongated tapered neck with flat topp materialmaterial areare eveneven moremo informative. Both the green and blue varieties are and small mouth regularlyregularly cocopiedpied duringdur the mid-Qing period. One of the finest imitation Base: Massive oval base with raised and rounded foot rim,, turquoiseturquoise bottlesbottles is publishedp in Kleiner 1990, no. 131. It probably dates perfectly in line with Chilong’s tails fromfrom thethe lalatete 18th centuryce and is of a distinctly green color. In the same Stopper: Carnelian on a black platelet, old spoon publication,publication, a mamagnificentgn and unique porcelain bottle made for the Height of the bottle with stopper: 6.3 cm. MasterMaster of the XiXiee BaBamboos, whose hall name appears on other known Width of the mouth: 17 mm. porcelainsporcelains of the firstfirs half of the 19th century, simulates a turquoise- Width of the neck: 7 mm. matrixmatrix bottle withwith panelspa of calligraphy in iron-red on white. Not only Condition: Excellent, with some small areas of natural mineralneral isis the colocolorr unambiguouslyunambig green, it is as riddled with black matrix deterioration markingsmarkings as ananyy of tthe real material carved into bottles. There are others Provenance: Hungarian private collection in enameledenameldled YixingYixing potteryp from the first half of the nineteenth century that simulatesimulate greenishgreenis turquoise (see Stevens 1976, no. 337).” Literature comparison: THE PAUL BRAGA COLLECTION OFF © SotSotheby’s,heby’s, see liliteraturete comparison. SNUFF BOTTLES. Bonhams, Hong Kong, November 24th, 2012,2012, lot 25. (for a related bottle) Bob C. Stevens, The Collectorss Shape:Shape: FlattenedFlattened hearthe form Book of Snuff Bottles, Weatherhill, New York, 1980, lot 669.69. Hollowing:Hollowing: FairFair (for a plain thumbprint malachite snuff bottle) Moss, Grahamham Mouth,Mouth, neneckck anandd lilip:p Short, sprawling round neck with slanted inner and & Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary andnd outerouter lip,lip, flatflat top,top, andan cylindric mouth George Bloch Collection, Vol.3, Stones other than Jade andnd Base:Base: FlFlatat navette-navette-shapedsh base Quartz, Hong Kong, 1998, pp.136-138, no.417. Denis S. Stopper:Stopper: GreenGreen jjasperaspe of dark and even color K. Low, More Treasures from The Sanctum of Enlightened HeightHeight of thethe bottlebottle with stopper: 5.8 cm. Respect, Hong Kong, 2002, p.272, pl.251. (both for plain WidthWidth of thethe mouth:mouth 7 mm. malachite snuff bottles) Hugh Moss, Snuff Bottles of China,a, WidthWidth of thethe neck:neck: 161 mm. London, 1971, p.91, pl.118. (for a high-relief malachite snuffuff Condition:Condition: Excellent,Excellent with few natural stress lines bottle) Provenance:Provenance: StephenStephen Max Kellen, founder of 㶭ẋ⫼晨䞛“坕漵䲳”滣䂇⢢ the AmericanAmerican AcademyAcade in Berlin; THE ANNA-MARIA AND STEPHEN ⑩䚠㤝⤥, ⯨悐㚱⣑䃞ℭ㰩 KELLEN FOUNDATION,FOUNDATIO NEW YORK ⊰䈁⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷

LiteratureLiterature comparisoncompariscompariso : Snuff Bottles from the Mary & George Bloch EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 400,- Collection:Collection: PartPart VIII. Sotheby’s, HONG KONG, May 26th, 2014, lot 1068. Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 200,- (f(foror a bottle ooff alalmostmo identical shape, color and stone structure, but wwithith no dedepiction)piction) BBob C. Stevens, The Collectors Book of Snuff Bottles, WeatWeatherhill,herhill, NNewew YoYork, 1980, lot 623. (for a bottle of similar shape, yet wwithith a dedepictionpiction ooff aan archaic bronze vessel, dated to late 18th century)

㶭ẋ䵈㶭ẋ䵈㜦䞛㜦䞛“䋭㇗“滣滣䂇⢢ ⑩䚠㤝⑩䚠㤝⤥炻䦵㚱冒䃞⼊ㆸ䘬䳘䲳⤥炻䦵 㚱冒䃞⼊ 㝷㜿伶㝷㜿伶⚳⬠昊∝⥳Ṣ⎚吪㔯⚳⬠昊∝⥳Ṣ ·楔⃳㕗· 䥹⅟Stephen Max Kellen烊䲸 䲬 ⬱ ⧄ · 䐒⇑Ṇ䐒⇑Ṇ冯⎚吪㔯冯⎚吪㔯·楔⃳㕗楔⃳ · 䥹⅟➢慹㚫

EstEstimateimateġỘ₡ġġỘ₡ġ EUR 400,- StartStartinging prpriceiceġ崟㉵₡ġġ崟㉵₡ EUR 200,-

8 9 7 8 AN AGATEAGATE ‘PEANU‘PEANUTT AND JUJUBE’ SNUFF BOTTLE, A PEBBLE-FORM ‘FLAG-DRAPED’ BANDED AGATE OFFICIALOFFICIAL SCHOOL,SCHOOL, QINGQ DYNASTY SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY Agate,Agate, the bodybody withwith multiple bands varying from light grey Agate, with bands and clouds of cinnabar red, dark-brown, to dedeepep honehoney-brown,y-brown, with an ochre layer on top, smooth amber and blueish-grey, and a good shiny surface polish surfacesurface polishpolish China, late 18th – 19th century China,China, 18thth – 1919thth centurycent The natural appearance of the mineral well used to depict a Naturalistically carvedcarved in the form of a Jujube fruit with neatly draped flag on the front side. Remarkably well hollowed. inincisedcised veins,veins, thethe opaqueopaq skin skillfully worked to form two ssculpturalculptural peanupeanutsts in hhigh relief. Shape: Natural pebble Hollowing: Excellent The aartistrtist hahass ingeniouslyingeniou accommodated the material by Mouth, neck and lip: Flattened lip and convex mouth ususinging tthehe sslightlylightly translucent,trans darker section of the agate Base: Flat oval, bottle does stand to formform tthehe bobodydy of ththe bottle as a single large Jujube and Stopper: Coral cabochon with old bronze mounting, well the ffullyully opaqopaque,ue, bbrighterrigh section to carve the two peanuts, carved old spoon shshownown stistillll insiinsidede ttheirheir shells. One side is sculpturally more Height of the bottle with stopper: 4.9 cm. dydynamicnamic thanthan thethe otherothe and appears to have been conceived Width of the mouth: 5 mm. as the mmainain sside.ide. TThishis is confirmed by the placing of the Condition: Excellent, with some natural stress lines in the ppeanuts,eanuts, both of wwhichhic can be seen only from one side. mineral ThiThiss iiss one ooff the more realistic and simpler carvings of Provenance: UK private collection the group,group, withwith fullfull focusfo being on detailed and expressive depdepictioniction of frfruituit aandnd nuts. The three basic colors of the Literature comparison: Snuff Bottles from the Mary and materimaterial,al, the lines ooff tthe jujube and the three-dimensional George Bloch Collection: Part X. Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, June rreliefelief cocombinembine to makemake a minimalist statement, to some 1st, 2015, lot 14. (for a jasper bottle with a comparable flag- eextentxtent independentindependent of its purely representational content. draping) The successsuccessfulful combinationcombin of material and subject matter dedemonstratesmonstrates wwhyhy ththisis type of agate was used extensively for 㶭ẋⷞ䉨䐒䐁䳈⚻滣䂇⢢ such PeanutPeanut bottles as well as for a series of quite popular ⑩䚠㤝⤥, 䐒䐁ℭ⎗夳⣑䃞䲳嶗 ssmallmall ppendantsendants with ttheh almost identical decoration that 劙⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷 appear to come fromfrom thet same workshop. EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 300,- TheTherere is a ununiqueique nenephriteph bottle from the Edward Chow Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 150,- CollectCollectionion (R(Robertobert HHallal 1995, no. 8, pp. 56-63) that is also decodecoratedrated inin reliefrelief withwit Jujubes and peanuts. The bottle itself is leleftft pplainlain anandd ffollowsollow the pebble shape of the material ratherrather thanthan being groovedgroooved to represent a JuJujube, and the sstyletyle of carvcarvinging ththee ppeanutseanuts is differendifferent,t, bubut the bottle clearly demdemonstratesonstrates ththatat ththisiss wwasas at some ppointoint aalso a courtly ssubject.ubject. 9 SShape:hape: SculpturalSculptural A SMALL PLAIN CARNELIAN SNUFF BOTTLE, QING HollowingHollowing:: ExcellentExcellent DYNASTY MMouth,outh, nneckeck aandnd llip:ip: MoMMouthuth susuccinctccinct to depictionde Plain carnelian of deep orange, almost amber-like color, good BasBase:e: FlFlattenedattened oval,oval, withwiw th a conconvexvex cicirclercle in the center, bottle ‘oily’ surface finish, with few cinnabar-colored speckles and doedoess ststandand bands DesDesign,ign, marmarks,ks, scschool:hool: OfOfficialficial scschoolhool China, 19th century SStopper:topper: JaJadeitedeite wiwithth memetaltal mountmounting,ing, carcarvedv in the shape of ppeacheseaches anandd tendrils, goodgood oldold carvedcarved spoon,spoo double-sided The translucent plain bottle of traditional shape with a HeiHeightght of thethe bottlebottle withwith stopper:stopper: 7.57.5 cm.cm. cylindric neck and a very small mouth. It is believed by some WidWidthth of ththee momouth:uth: 6 mmmm.. that such miniature bottles were predominantly designed for CoCondition:ndition: Excellent, minorminor nibblingnibbling to mouth,mo one chip to ladies use during the later 19th century. ststopperopper PProvenance:rovenance: AmAmericanerican pprivaterivate cocollectionllection Shape: Flattened oval shape Hollowing: Good LLiteratureiterature comparison:comparison: SnuffSnuff BottlesBottles fromfrom thet Mary & Mouth, neck and lip: Short cylindric neck, slanted inner and GGeorgeeorge BlBlochoch CoCollection:llection: PaPartrt IXIX.. SothebSotheby’s,y’s Hong Kong, outer lip, flat top, small mouth NNovemberovember 24thth, 202014,14, llotot 2828.. AAsiansian AArt.rt. SoSotheby’s, New York, Base: Oval flat base SeptemberSeptember 1199thth, 2015,2015, lot 909. ImImportantportant CChinese Snuff Stopper: Green glass cabochon BottleBottless from ThThee JJ&J&J CollectiCollection,on, Part IVIV.. CChristies,h New York, Height of the bottle with stopper: 5 cm. MaMarchrch 22nd, 2007,2007, lotlot 85.85. (all forfor ssimilarimilar ppeanutea agate bottles) Width of the mouth: 5 mm. Width of the neck: 13 mm. 㶭ẋ䐒䐁㶭ẋ䐒䐁“剙䓇囄㡿剙䓇囄㡿”滣䂇⢢滣䂇⢢ Condition: Perfect ⑩䚠㤝⤥⑩䚠㤝⤥, ⒯悐㚱ṃ⽖䡽䡘炻䒞味㚱ᶨ忻⮷攳⎋⒯悐㚱ṃ⽖䡽䡘炻䒞味㚱ᶨ忻⮷攳 Provenance: Hungarian private collection 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷 Literature comparison: SNUFF BOTTLES FROM THE MARY EstimateEstimateġỘ₡ġġỘ₡ġġEUR 500,-500,- AND GEORGE BLOCH COLLECTION, Part I. Bonhams, StartingStarting prpriceiceġ崟㉵₡ġġ崟㉵₡ EUREUR 25250,-0,- Hong Kong, May 28th, 2010, lot 84. (for another miniature carnelian snuff bottle, carved with coiled Qilong)

㶭ẋ堾䍵䐒䐁滣䂇⢢ ⑩䚠⬴伶 ⊰䈁⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷

EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 200,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 100,-

10 11 11 A ‘THUMBPRINT’ AGATEAGATE SSNUFFNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTYNASTY Agate with a smoothh ppolisholish China, 1750-1880

The stone with toness off ggarnet,arnet, caramcaramel,el, white and grey, eachh sisidede bbearingearing an attractive pattern of concentricconcentric rings,rings, resembling thumbprintrint patternspatterns in various shapes partiallyally in coincicoincidencedence with the contour of thethe bottle.bottle.

Shape: Compressed ovoiovoidd sshapehape Hollowing: Excellentt Mouth, neck and lip:: SSlightlylightly taperedtapered 10 neck with flat top andnd smallsmall mouthmouth Nr. 230 Base: Oval with succinctcinct footfoot rim,rim, the AN UNUSUAL, POSSIBLY IMPERIAL BANDED AGATE ‘CHILONG’ inner carved with a ddeeplyeeply inincisedcised lliningining SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY, 1770-1900 Stopper: White jadeiteite withwith a splashsplash of Banded agate carved in high relief, with a fire gilt bronze snuff emerald green, old spoonspoon dispenser, inlaid with three ruby red hardstone cabochons Height of the bottle withwith stopper:stopper: 6.56.5 China, 1770-1900 cm. Width of the mouth:: 6 mm. Carved in the form of a furious dragon head, with some facial features Width of the neck: 155 mm. such as nostrils and eyes in high relief, and elegantly curved horns and Condition: Excellent,, some minuscule,minuscule, eyebrows, the concentric rings in the stone enforcing the dominant almost invisible nibblingling to liplip character of the legendary creature. From the mouth emerges a second, Provenance: Sotheby’sy’sys New York,York March much smaller Chilong, again cleverly highlighted by the carver using 22, 1999. Property fromrom ththee EsEstatetate of brighter layers in the stone. Gerard L. Cafesjian, Naples,Naples, Florida, The snuff dispenser is most likely to be of Chinese origin. Especially USA. (the spoon bearingaring ololdd cocollectorllector the manner, in which the hardstone cabochons have been mounted, number ‘170’) the massive fire-gilding and the nuancing of the circle-shaped fire-gilt platelets point to an imperial commission. For an imperial agate double Literature comparison:on: CHINESECHINESE ARTART bottle with similarly unusual fire-gilt bronze stoppers, showing related FROM THE SCHOLAR’SR’S SSTUDIO.TUDIO. cabochon mountings and designs of the circle-shaped fire-gilt platelets, Bonhams, New York,k, March 17thth, 202014,14, see The Art and Culture of Snuff Bottles, The National Palace Museum lot 8008. CHINESE SNUFFSNUFF BOTTLESBOTTLES of Taipeh, Hou Yi-Li, Section III, lot 30. FROM THE COLLECTIONTION OF BARBARABARBARA AND MARVIN DICKER.ER. Bonhams,Bonhams, NewNew Shape: Bulbous pear shape York, March 16th, 2015,015, llotot 11019.019. (f(foror Hollowing: Excellent two other thumbprintnt agateagate bottles)bottles) Mouth, neck and lip: The mouth succinct to the body Base: None 㶭ẋ䐒䐁“㊯䲳”滣䂇⢢䂇⢢ Design, marks, school: Possibly imperial ⑩䚠㤝⤥, ⒯悐㚱ↈᶵ⎗夳䘬䡽䡘ᶵ⎗夳䘬䡽䡘 Stopper: Mechanical rotating snuff portion dispenser in perfect working 喯⭴㭼炻䲸䲬炻1999⸜3㚰22㖍炻ㅱ 䁢䁢㟤㉱ 㟤 ㉱ condition, can be unscrewed to fill-up the bottle with snuff ⽟·L·⌉⣓⎱⬱Gerardd L. CafesjianCafesjian 䓊㤕炻 Height of the bottle with stopper: 7.7 cm. 伶⚳⺿㳃慴忼恋ᶵ≺㕗炷⮷⊢ᶲ㚱冲啷䶐≺㕗炷⮷ ⊢ᶲ㚱冲啷䶐 Width of the mouth: 8 mm. 嘇“170ȿ炸 Condition: Two chips at the mouth, some minor stress lines inside the stone, wear, otherwise very good condition EstimateġỘ₡ġġEURR 500,500500,-- Provenance: Austrian private collection Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġ₡ġ EEURUR 2250,-50,-

Literature comparison: Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. Sotheby’s, NEW YORK, March 19th, 2013, lot 387. (for a bottle from the same material but depicting a deer) The Art and Culture of Snuff Bottles, The National Palace Museum of Taipeh, Hou Yi-Li, Section III, lot 30. (for an imperial agate double bottle with similarly unusual fire-gilt bronze stoppers, showing related cabochon mountings and designs of the circle-shaped fire-gilt platelets) Snuff Bottles from China, the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, Helen White, Bamboo Publishing, London 1990, pages 130-131, lot 4. (for another banded agate bottle, carved with vegetables) THE J & J COLLECTION OF SNUFF BOTTLES, PART III. Christies, New York, March 29th, 2006, lot 71. (for another banded agate snuff bottle, with a base encircled by a band of formalized lotus petals, the shoulders carved with animal mask and ring handles, attributed to the Beijing palace Workshops) Bob C. Stevens, The Collectors Book of Snuff Bottles, Weatherhill, New York, 1980, lot 527. (for a banded or striated agate bottle, but with a lotus design) Chinese Snuff Bottles of the Silica or Quartz Group, Hugh M. Moss, Bibelot, 1971, lot 21. (for an uncarved agate bottle with a similar setting of “concentric bands of varied white and grey coloring”)

㶭ẋᶵ⎴⮳ⷠ䘬䐒䐁“坕漵”滣䂇⢢ 䒞⎋㚱ℑ忻⮷塪⎋炻䐒䐁䞛ℭ⎗夳⮷䳘䲳炻℞Ṿ悐ỵ⑩䚠㤝⤥ ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷

EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 500,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 250,-

12 13 12 A PEBBLE-FORMPEBBLE-FORM ‘THUMBPRINT’‘TH AGATE SNUFFSNUFF BOTTLE,BOTTLE, QINGQIN DYNASTY BandedBanded agateagate of nnaturalatu pebble form with a goodgood andand smooth sursurfacef polish China,China, 171750-188050-1880

The ggreyishreyish sstonetone sufsuffusedf with tight concentric rings in beige,beige, variousvarious shades of grey and white, suggestingsuggesting swirlingswirling clouds,clo lightly interspersed withwith tinytiny grgreyey specspeckleskle on both shoulders. Pebble-formPebble-form bottbottlesles in this material are relatively rare. TheThe ChineseChinese calledcalle this type of agate ‘entwining-cocoon’‘entwining-cocoon’ agate,ag referring to silk cocoons.cocoons. For furtherfurther discussion please see Moss, Graham,Graham, Tsang, TheThe ArtA of the Chinese Snuff Bottle,Bottle, no. 114114..

Shape:Shape: PPebbleebble Hollowing:Hollowing: ExcellentExcellent Mouth,Mouth, necneckk anandd lilip:p: Mouth succinct to pebble Base: FlatFlat oval,oval, of somewhatsom irregular shape Stopper:Stopper: CoralCoral cabochoncaboch carved and incised to depictdepict the head of a ccrane, with old chiseled bronzebronze mountmountinging HeightHeight ofof the bottle withw stopper: 6.1 cm. Width of thethe mouthmouth:: 6 mm. Condition:Condition: Good,Good, wiwithth some wear and several naturalnatural stressstress lines,lines, almostalm not visible Provenance:Provenance: OldOlld AustrianAust private collection, acquiredacquired beforebefore 11930,930, thence by descent

LiteratureLiterature comparison:comparison Chinese Works of Art. Sotheby’s,Sotheby’s, NewNew YoYork,rk, March 23rd, 2004, lot 74. (for(for a ververyy sisimilarmilar botbottle)t The Bentley Collection of ChineseChinese SnuffSnuff Bottles,Bott The Asian Art Studio, ClareClare ChuChu,, 2008, page 87. (for a bottle of the samesame material,material, butbut notno in pebble shape) The VictoriaVictoria anandd AlbertAlbert MMuseum Collection, Helen White, SnuffSnuff BottlesBottles ffrom China, London, 1992, plateplate 5858,, lolott 4. ((forfor ananother bottle from this group,group, in pebblepebble shape,shap carved in the form of a fruit)fruit) TheThe PPamelaamela LessLessing Freidman Collection, DenverDenver ArArtt MuseuMuseum,m, 1990, lot 39. (for another bottlebottle fromfrom ththisis grogroup,up not in pebble shape, carvedcarved withwith mockmock ringring handles on the shoulders)

㶭ẋ䐒䐁⌝䞛⼊滣䂇⢢㶭ẋ䐒䐁⌝䞛⼊滣䂇⢢ ⑩䚠列⤥炻⑩䚠列⤥炻 ⯨悐㚱䢐㎵␴ↈᶵ⎗夳䘬⣑䃞塪䷓⯨悐㚱䢐㎵ ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻193019 ⸜⇵岤ℍ炻⭞ 㕷 ⁛ ㈧

EstimateEstimateġỘ₡ġġỘ₡ġġEUR 400,-4 StartingStarting ppricericeġ崟㉵₡ġġ崟㉵₡ EUR 200,-

13 A FLOATING BANDED AGATE ‘CHICKEN CUP HOMAGE’ SNUFF BOTTLE, 1750-1850 Dendritic agate of light sand-color with bands of white, grey, blue and dark-brown. Sprinkles of dark-brown and black. Good hand-polished finish. China, 1750-1850

This bottle does not show any carving whatsoever, as the one and only purpose of this miniature masterpiece was to use the natural appearance of the mineral as a homage to the universally admired ‘chicken cup’ design originating in the Chenghua period. Stopper: Green glass Literature comparison: The The ‘chicken cup’ design is not only celebrated as one of the finest and rarest specimens of Height of the bottle with Meiyintang ‘Chicken Cup’. Chinese ceramics – its materials, potting, painting and firing being of the highest quality stopper: 6.4 cm. Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, April – but it also is testimony to Chinese connoisseurship over the centuries and as such is a Width of the mouth: 7 mm. 8th, 2014, lot 1. historical document that illustrates an aspect of China’s culture. Praised and desired by Width of the neck: 19 mm. Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) emperors and other discerning literati collectors, Condition: Excellent, with 1750-1850ⷞ䉨䐒䐁“⮷浬 ‘chicken cups’ have acquired a legendary aura that goes well beyond their immediate art- some calcification near the ⚾”㯜ᶲ㺪滣䂇⢢ historical importance. base of neck ⑩䚠㤝⤥, 柠悐⎗夳懋⊾悐ỵ Provenance: Austrian private ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷 Shape: Slightly bulbous round shape collection Hollowing: Outstanding EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 600,- Mouth, neck and lip: Short cylindric neck, the base of neck slightly domed, the mouth Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR almost cylindric and of average proportions, slanted lip 300,- Base: Flat, slightly curved oval

14 15 14 15 A CARVED AMETHYST AND BROWN CRYSTAL A FIGURAL ‘LIU HAI AND TOAD’ AMETHYST SNUFF BOTTLE ‘BUDDHIST LION’ SNUFF BOTTLE Amethyst, the colors of the transparent crystal varyingyg from deepp Crystal (amethyst and brown crystal) of intense purple color purple to almost transparent white with a brownish tone and some dark-brown streaks at the China, late 18th – 19th century lion’s ball, fully figural carving and good surface polish China, 1750-1850 Carved to depict a smiling Liu Hai, accompaniedd by ththee tthree-leggedhree-legged toad, and carrying his string of cash over his shoulders.oulders. SkillfullySkillfully Fully figural amethyst bottles are rare and have in past been executed with a good amount of character and spirit,spirit, thisthis bottlebottle is described as possibly imperial in some expert comments. This among the finest and most amusing figural carvingsvings ththisis auauthorthor hahass bottle is well hollowed and carved in the form of a Buddhist ever seen. Details are neatly incised or carved inn hhighigh reliefrelief,, partiapartiallylly lion holding a ball, with detailed features such as the bushy reticulated. tail, the somewhat archaic nostrils, the salient round eyes and Figural depictions of Liu Hai in Chinese snuff bottlesottles are qquiteuite rare. curvy brows, and the four short yet sweeping paws. They also exist in porcelain and jade. Among the forms taken from living creatures, the Buddhist The story of Liu Hai is frequently told as “Liu Haiai playingplaying withwith thethe lion was one of the more popular, not just in snuff bottles, but Golden Toad”. However, there is a hidden meaningning hehere:re: TThehe in the culture as a whole, having been the protector of dharma Chinese word for “toad” is chanchu (垦嚵). Sometimes,metimes, ChineseChinese found in religious art as early as 208 BC. It was a common will only pronounce the first character chan (垦). In some Chinese motif on early bronzes and ceramics and survived into the dialects, the character chan has a pronunciationn veryvery similarsimilar to qianqian post-archaic period both in the form of independent sculptures (摙) which means “coin”. Therefore, a storytellerer recitingreciting “Liu“Liu HaiHai and as decorative motifs on a wide range of arts and materials playing with the Golden Toad” could also be heardeard byby listenerslisteners as such as porcelain, jade and wood. It may also have been “Liu Hai playing with the gold coins”. popular as a snuff-bottle design because from the group of symbolically powerful creatures it was amongst the most Shape: Figural suited to the basic shape requirements of a snuff bottle. Hollowing: Fair The Buddhist version of the Lion was originally introduced in Mouth, neck and lip: Mouth succinct to depiction,on, llipip slaslantednted Han China and was gradually incorporated as a guardian of Base: Natural the Chinese Imperial dharm. Lions seemed appropriately regal Stopper: Pink glass cabochon in imitation of tourmalineurmaline beasts to guard the emperor’s gates and have been used as Height of the bottle with stopper: 6.7 cm. such since. There are various styles of guardian lions reflecting Width of the mouth: 6 mm. influences from different time periods, imperial dynasties, Condition: One section of the string reattached,d, one missing; and regions of China. These styles vary in their artistic detail otherwise good condition, maybe with some minusculeinuscule nibblesnibbles herehere and adornment as well as in the depiction of the lions from and there fierce to serene. Over the centuries the widely popular concept Provenance: American private collection subsequently spread to many other parts of Asia. Literature comparison: The Joe Grimberg Collectionction of ChineseChinese SnuffSnuff Shape: Figural Bottles. Sotheby’s, New York, September 14th, 2010,2010, lotlot 24 (f(foror a Hollowing: Good figural porcelain bottle with the same subject) andand lot 161 (for(for a Mouth, neck and lip: Mouth succinct to depiction, slanted lip non-figural amethyst bottle with the same subject).ect). CHINESECHINESE SNUFFSNUFF BaseBase: None BOTTLES FROM THE COLLECTION OF BARBARAA AND MARVIN DesDesign,ig marks, school: Possibly imperial DICKER. Bonhams, New York, March 16th, 2015,, lot 101088.88. ((forfor a SStopper:topp Matching amethyst stopper figural nephrite bottle with the same subject) HeiHeightgh of the bottle with stopper: 7.5 cm. WidWidtht of the mouth: 6 mm. 㶭ẋ䳓㘞“∱㴟㇗慹垦”滣䂇⢢ ConCondition:d Excellent 堋堳悐↮ᾖ⽑忶ẍ⍲仢⣙ᶨ⮷㭝炻℞Ṿ悐↮⑩䚠列⤥炻⯨悐㚱⽖⮷䡽 列⤥炻⯨悐㚱⽖⮷䡽 ProProvenance:ve American private collection, two old collection 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷 lablabelsel to bottom EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 400,- LitLiteratureera comparison: Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 200,- Bo TTsang,s A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and GGeorgeeor Bloch Collection, vol. 2, Part 1, Hong Kong, 2007, nosnos.. 243 and 247. (for two other figural amethyst bottles) BLBLOCHOC COLLECTION. Bonhams, Hong Kong, November 23rd, 202010,10 lot 34. Important Chinese Art, PROPERTY FROM THE COCOLLECTIONLL OF ROBERT AND MAURINE MUNT. Sotheby’s, New York, September 13th, 2016, lot 235. (for two figural amethystamet ‘cicada’ bottles) FINE CHINESE ART. Bonhams, HongHong Kong, November 28th, 2011, lot 13. (for a figural gourd amethystamet bottle)

㶭ẋ䳓㘞㶭ẋ䳓 “䤷䋭”滣䂇⢢ ⑩䚠㤝⤥⑩䚠㤝 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷伶⚳䥩 , 䒞⸽㚱ℑᾳ冲啷㧁䯥

EstimateEstim ġỘ₡ġġEUR 600,- StartingStart priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 300,-

16 17 16 18 A RETICULATED PINK ROSE QUARTZ ‘BIRDS IN TREE’ SNUFF A CARVED CRYSTAL Mouth, neck and lip: Large and BOTTLE, LATE QING ‘BASKETWEAVE’ SNUFF BOTTLE, short cylindric neck surrounded by a Rose quartz, sometimes also referred to as ‘pink tourmaline’, of light QING DYNASTY double circle on its lower end, with and even pink color and a good level of purity Translucent rock crystal, with several slated inner and outer lips, flat top China, late 19th century natural inclusions, carved in high relief and small mouth China, 1750-1850 Base: Small oval and convex base Carved in high relief, partially reticulated, with neatly incised details Stopper: Green glass in imitation of to depict several birds sitting in two trees with extensive foliage, Of compressed ovoid form, carved in jade, on a white platelet emerging from serrated rock work. The center of one side with a circumferential manner and varying Height of the bottle with stopper: phoenix, the other with a crane. The matching stopper with another levels of relief to simulate a vessel 6.3 cm. bird sitting on top. wrapped for protection in a basket Width of the mouth: 6 mm. weave casing with an overall pattern Width of the neck: 20 mm. Shape: Figural of interlocking lozenges, the cloudy Condition: Good condition with Hollowing: Good, especially when compared to other bottles from stone with a few natural brown lines minor nibbling this group, which often have little to no hollowing on both sides. Provenance: Old Austrian private Mouth, neck and lip: Very short oval neck with flat top and small collection, acquired before 1930, mouth, slanted rim Basket weave snuff bottles were thence by descent Base: Succinct to rock work design, oval, with a broad and flat foot apparently a popular mid-Qing rim, the inside convex period imperial form (see discussion Literature comparison: Chinese Stopper: Matching stopper under nos. 97 and 98, in Moss, Works of Art. Sotheby’s, New York, Height of the bottle with stopper: 7.6 cm. Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of March 23rd, 2004, lot 86. FINE Width of the mouth: 6 mm. Chinese Snuff Bottles, vol. 1) CHINESE ART. Bonhams, Hong Kong, Width of the neck: 19 mm. although no-doubt also made in May 25th, 2011, lot 321. (both for Condition: Excellent private workshops for a broader similar bottles) Provenance: American private collection market. 㶭ẋ㯜㘞“欂䮵䲳”滣䂇⢢ Literature comparison: Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. Shape: Compressed ovoid ⑩䚠列⤥炻䦵㚱䡽 Christies, London, November 8th, 2011, lot 251. (for another rose Hollowing: Excellent ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻1930⸜⇵岤ℍ炻 quartz bottle with a bird motif and of the same period) ⭞㕷⁛㈧

㘂㶭䰱㘞“㧡ᶲ梃沍”滣䂇⢢ EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 300,- ⑩䚠㤝⤥ Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 150,- 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷

EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 200,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 100,-

17 19 AN AMETHYST ‘LINGZHI’ SNUFF BOTTLE A DENDRITIC ‘ICY CRYSTAL’ Mouth, neck and lip: Short and wide Carved amethyst of with color varying from white crystal to AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE, QING cylindric neck, slanted lips, convex deep amethyst DYNASTY polished top, large mouth China, early 20th century Agate with a natural layer of icy Base: Large oval base with raised flat crystal, accompanied by bands of foot rim Reticulated carving to depict lingzhi in high relief amid cinnabar, dark caramel, honey and Stopper: Pink glass in imitation of foliage, tendrils and rockwork. light grey, incised and carved in high Tourmaline, green platelet relief and with a smooth, manual Height of the bottle with stopper: Shape: Figural surface polish 6.5 cm. Hollowing: Hollowing only in shape of a small cylinder to fit China, 1740-1860 Width of the mouth: 8 mm. the spoon Width of the neck: 22 mm. Mouth, neck and lip: Short oval neck with flat top and small In this unusual piece of quartz, Condition: Excellent mouth crystal combines with striated and Provenance: Old Austrian private Base: Flat base succinct to depiction dendritic agate with a wide range collection, acquired before 1930, Stopper: Matching, with a small bird sitting on top of colors, thus becoming a striking thence by descent Height of the bottle with stopper: 6.5 cm. combination of various members of Width of the mouth: 5 mm. the quartz family. There is a long- Literature comparison: Fine Chinese Width of the neck: 11 mm. standing tradition in China of nature Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Condition: A few chips, otherwise good reverence. This was transformed Ann & John Hamilton. Sotheby’s, Provenance: American private collection by the aesthetic elite into a love New York, March 27th, 2003, lot of markings or shapes in natural 298. Snuff Bottles from the Mary 㶭ẋ䳓㘞ⶏ⼓“曰剅”滣䂇⢢ materials that resembled elements and George Bloch Collection: Part 㚱ṃ⽖⮷塪䲳炻䷥橼ね㱩列⤥ of the real, or spirit world. In this X. Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, June 1st, 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷 example the dynamic natural pattern 2015, lot 64. SNUFF BOTTLES FROM in the material has been carefully THE MARY AND GEORGE BLOCH EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 200,- aligned around the bottle so that it COLLECTION, Part I. Bonhams, Hong Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 100,- can be read as an ice flow melting Kong, May 28th, 2010. Lot 111. Part in the early spring sun, surrounded I. (all for examples of plain bottles by snowless areas of earthy terrain. carved of dendritic agate) To enhance the depiction, the carver has incised a branch from a blooming 㶭ẋ⋿䲭䐒䐁滣䂇⢢ cherry tree. Mock ring handles on ⑩䚠㤝⤥ each shoulder. ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻1930⸜⇵岤ℍ炻 ⭞㕷⁛㈧ Shape: Bulbous round shape Hollowing: Excellent EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 300,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 150,-

18 19 20 AN ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS ROCK CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE Transparent rock crystal, smooth polish to surface and inside (!) of the bottle China, 1760-1860

Carved with an impressive hollowing in consummate harmony with a perfectly balanced pear form, raised mock ring handles on the shoulders, with its flawless, otherwise undecorated stone of paper-thin quality encapsulating the essence of purity. Masterly plain crystal bottles from the mid-Qing period appear in a number of published collections and always benefit from a perfectly matching stopper and a lovely old spoon of the right length, both of which are present in this lot. The spoon, however, needs a bit more attention in this case, because it is delicately carved of a single (!) piece of organic material, depicting an extended arm with three bracelets and an open hand, designed to pick up the snuff.

Shape: Flattened pear Hollowing: Excellent Mouth, neck and lip: Sprawling neck, flat top, small cylindric mouth, slanted inner and outer lips Base: Oval, with raised flat foot rim, slanted Stopper: Pink quartz with carved old spoon, on onyx platelet Height of the bottle with stopper: 6.4 cm. Width of the mouth: 6 mm. Width of the neck: 15 mm. Condition: Excellent, with two tiny, almost invisible nibbles to foot rim, and one smoothened imperfection in the material also on the foot rim Provenance: American private collection, inscribed collector number to top

Literature comparison: The Guo’an Collection. Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 30 October 2000, lot 605. Clare Lawrence, Miniature Masterpieces from the Middle Kingdom: The Monimar Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, London, 1996, pp. 84-95, p. 41. Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, New York, 1993, Volume I, pp. 171-173, pls. 93-94. (all for related bottles) Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect, p.204, no.175, (for a related bottle bearing the hall mark of the Fifth Prince of Ding, Xingyouheng Tang) John Gilmore Ford, Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Edward Choate O’Dell Collection, Baltimore, 1982, no. 21. The Joe Grimberg Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles. Sotheby’s, New York, September 14th, 2010, lot 63. (both for crystal bottles fitted with a similar spoon bearing bangles)

㶭ẋ㶭㼰䃉䏽㯜㘞滣䂇⢢ ⑩䚠㤝⤥, 嵛悐怲䶋㚱ℑ忻⍲ᶵ⎗夳䘬䡽䡘 ẍ⍲ᶨ溆䏽䕝 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷, 枪悐㚱啷⭞䶐嘇

EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 1.000,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 500,-

20 21 21 23 A SOAPSTONE ‘BASKET-WEAVE’ Height of the bottle with stopper: 6.5 cm. A LARGE AND RARE ‘INTEGRAL SNUFFFF DISH’DISH’ SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY, 18TH SOAPSTONE SNUFF BOTTLE, 18th CENTURYNTURY CENTURY Width of the mouth: 7 mm. Massive soapstone bottle of variegated orange-orange- Soapstone carved in relief, the material Width of the neck: 19 mm. ochre tone with deeper orange flushes, carvedcarved in displaying various shades from white to Condition: Good with hardly visible, minor high relief, with a fine and smooth surfacece polishpolish grey with splashes of cinnabar on one nibbling lip, some natural stress cracks, China, 18th century side, and a mottled ochre with some one partially with old wax-filling shades of cinnabar on the other, with a Provenance: Old Austrian private Soapstone (talc, also known as steatite), is amongamong good and smooth surface polish collection, acquired before 1930, thence the softest of stones used by Chinese carversrvers andand Country & Date: China, 18th century by descent is workable directly with a metal blade whilehile mucmuchh harder materials require lapidary work. It wwasas minmineded Of compressed ovoid form, carved in Literature comparison: Snuff Bottles from in various parts of the empire and was foundound iinn a circumferential manner and varying levels the Mary and George Bloch Collection: range of often spectacular colors. The mostost sousought-ght- of relief to simulate a vessel wrapped Part X. Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, June 1st, after stones were those with attractive coloringoloring for protection in a basket weave casing 2015, lot 39. (for an amber version of and with a translucence that revealed innerner ttexture,exture, with an overall pattern of interlocking the subject) The Ruth and Carl Barron as in the present material. The most preciousious of lozenges, the stone with a few natural Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: all soapstone known as tianhuang (field yellow),yellow), brown lines on one side. Part IV. Christies, New York, March 15th, from Fujian province, slightly resembles thehe ppresentresent 2017, lot 333. (for a spinach green jade material in color and structure. Basket weave snuff bottles were version of the subject) Fine Chinese Circular panels framed by a raised borderr wwereere a apparently a popular mid-Qing period Ceramics and Works of Art. Christies, feature of early snuff-bottle production, as kknownnown imperial form (see discussion under nos. New York, September 18th, 2014, lot from a Yongzheng-marked turquoise bottletle frfromom the 97 and 98, in Moss, Graham, Tsang, A 1169. (for a glass version of the subject) Susan Ault Collection (Snuff Bottles of thee Ch’inCh’ingg Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, vol. 1) Dynasty, p. 59, no. 38). That one can be ascascribedribed although no-doubt also made in private ⋩ℓᶾ䲨“欂䮵䲳”䘪䞛滣䂇⢢ to the court, which may also be the sourcece ooff ththisis workshops for a broader market. ⑩䚠列⤥炻⒯㱧↎㚱⸦ᶵ⎗夳䘬䡽 炻⣑ one. One side is distinctly concave and deliberatelyeliberately 䃞䲳嶗炻⯨悐㚱冲冀⠓⃭ dished. The creation of the dish required substasubstantialntial Shape: Compressed ovoid ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻1930⸜⇵岤ℍ炻⭞ additional work by the carver, with no discerniblescernible Hollowing: Excellent 㕷⁛㈧ aesthetic advantage. Hence, we may safelyely assassumeume Mouth, neck and lip: Cylindric neck that the intention of the maker was to providerovide of surrounded by a double circle on its lower EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 300,- a bottle with an integral, functional snufff didish.sh. IInn end, with a slightly convex polished top Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 150,- addition, we see confidence and skill exhibitedibited in and a small mouth carving the various details, such as mouth,h, fofootot anandd Base: Small oval and flat base especially the dramatic mock ring handless to be Stopper: Amethyst on a yellow platelet found on each shoulder.

Shape: Rectangular traditional shape withth roroundedunded shoulders Hollowing: Excellent 22 Mouth, neck and lip: Elongated cylindricc neckneck withwith A BUTTERSCOTCH AGATE Mouth, neck and lip: Cylindric neck with small mouth ‘SHUANGXI’ SNUFF BOTTLE, QING convex top and small mouth Base: Oval, with a massive, raised and flattenedattened DYNASTY Base: Oval convex base foot rim Agate of almost even and intense Stopper: Pink tourmaline cabochon Design, marks, school: Possibly imperial butterscotch color, carved in light relief, Height of the bottle with stopper: 6.4 Stopper: Pink rose quartz on a green platelettelet with a smooth surface polish cm. Height of the bottle with stopper: 8.5 cm.m. China, 19th century Width of the mouth: 6 mm. Width of the mouth: 8 mm. Both sides with relief carving of a Width of the neck: 16 mm. Width of the neck: 2.4 mm. shuangxi character, wishing ‘double luck’ Condition: Good, with some wear and Condition: Excellent with hardly visible, minorminor to the married past (and hopefully future) minor scratching, minor nibbling nibbling to inner foot rim an lip owners of this bottle. Provenance: Old Austrian private Provenance: Old Austrian private collection,ion, Double Happiness is a Chinese traditional collection, acquired before 1930, thence acquired before 1930, thence by descentt ornament design, commonly used as by descent a decoration and symbol of marriage. Literature comparison: CHINESE ART Literature comparison: The Meriem Collectionection Outside of China, it is also used in the FROM THE SCHOLAR’S STUDIO. Important Chinese Snuff Bottles, Part II. CChristies,hristies, United States, Europe and Southeast Bonhams, New York, March 17th, 2014, New York, March 19th, 2008, lot 278. (foror anotheanotherr Asia. Typically, the character “♵” is lot 8025. (for a jade bottle with the soapstone bottle, the material of comparablerable color,color, written in Chinese calligraphy, and shuangxi character) but with a higher grade of purity) FINE CCHINESEHINESE frequently appears on traditional ART. Bonhams, Hong Kong, November 28thth, 2011,2011, decorative items, associated with 㶭ẋ䐒䐁“暁╄”滣䂇⢢ lot 68. (for a glass bottle with an integralal snuffsnuff marriage. The double happiness symbol ⑩䚠列⤥炻㚱庽⽖䢐㎵冯∫䕽炻㚱䡽 dish) The Ruth and Carl Barron Collectionn of FFineine is also often found all over the wedding ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻1930⸜⇵岤ℍ炻⭞ Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part IV. Christies, NeNeww YoYork,rk, ceremony, as well as on gift items given 㕷⁛㈧ March 15th, 2017, lot 369. (for a glass bottleottle wiwithth to the bride and groom. an integral snuff dish) The International ChineseChinese Shape: Rectangular shape with rounded EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 200,- Snuff Bottle Society (ICSBS) Journal, Springing shoulders Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 100,- 2012, pp. 20-29. (for an interesting articlele on Hollowing: Good NEW PERSPECTIVES ON “SNUFF BOTTLESES WITH INTEGRAL DISHES” by Ka Bo Tsang)

份夳䘬⋩ℓᶾ䲨⣏✳攳⃱䘪䞛滣䂇⢢ ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻⒯㱧ℭ怲䶋㚱⍲ᶵ⎗夳䘬䡽 ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻1930⸜⇵岤ℍ炻⭞ 㕷 ⁛⁛㈧ ㈧

EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 400,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 200,-

22 2323 24 A SHADOW AGATE ‘THREE Width of the mouth: 5 mm. PLAYFUL MONKEYS’ SNUFF Width of the neck: 17 mm. BOOTLE, QING DYNASTY Condition: Excellent The stone of a semi-translucent, pale Provenance: Swedish private honey tone, with shades of amber collection tone, and a deep, opaque carnelian- colored layer carved to form the Literature comparison: The Ruth depiction, shiny surface polish and Carl Barron Collection of Fine China, 19th century Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part III. Christies, New York, September The main side skillfully carved 14th, 2016, lot 582. (for another to depict three monkeys using a agate bottle with the ‘three playful rope to seesaw from the branch monkeys’ subject) ASIAN ART. of a pine, the tree springing from Bonhams, London, May 12th, 2014, solid rockwork. According to Hugh lot 436. (for a very similar agate Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo bottle, but with monkey on a horse) Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Bottles: The Mary and George Art. Sotheby’s, New York, March Bloch Collection, Hong Kong, 1995, 19th, 2013, lot 381. (for another Vol. 2, pt. 2, Quartz, p. 346, the agate bottle with the ‘three playful monkey was one of the most popular monkeys’ subject) subjects for partly colored hardstone snuff bottles of the Official School. 㶭ẋ䐒䐁“ᶱ䋜㇚侵”滣䂇⢢ ⑩䚠㤝⤥ Shape: Flattened spade shape 䐆℠䥩Ṣ㓞啷 Hollowing: Excellent Mouth, neck and lip: Short sprawling EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 400,- neck with slanted lip, convex top and Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 200,- small mouth Base: Oval convex base Design, marks, school: Possibly official school Stopper: Serpentine on black platelet Height of the bottle with stopper: 5.7 cm.

25 A ‘BOY AND FIVE BATS’ SHADOW Condition: Good, small hardly visible AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE, QING chip to one bat DYNASTY Provenance: Swedish private Honey colored, translucent agate collection of even tone, with few dark-brown streaks, the main side with an Literature comparison: The Norman opaque dark-brown layer, smooth Stiller Collection. Fine Asian Art. surface polish Bonhams, San Francisco, June China, 1750-1850 21st, 2011, lot 8143. (for a carved amethyst version of the ‘five bats’ The dark-brown layer in the mineral subject) Important Chinese Snuff has been masterfully used for a Bottles from a Distinguished high-relief carving, depicting a American Collection. Christies, boy holding a conch with escaping Hong Kong, October 7th, 2014, lot smoke, surrounded by five flying 35. (for a painted lacquer version bats, all with neatly incised detail of the ‘five bats’ subject) Important work. Five bats together represent Chinese Snuff Bottles from the J&J the ‘Five Blessings’ (wufu) long life, Collection, Part IV. Christies, New 26 wealth, health, love of virtue and a York, March 22nd, 2007, lot 10. (for a A JET ‘CHILONG’ SNUFF BOTTLE, QING a thousand years to form, and that after a 260. Snuff Bottles from the Mary & George peaceful death. carved serpentine version of the ‘five DYNASTY, 18TH - 19TH CENTURY thousand more years amber became jet. Bloch Collection: Part IX. Sotheby’s, Hong bats’ subject) Carved and polished black jet of pure and even Kong, November 24th, 2014, lot 151. (for two Shape: Compressed rectangular structure Shape: Flat round form other, yet plain jet snuff bottles of the same shape with rounded shoulders 㶭ẋ“Ḽ䤷”䐒䐁滣䂇⢢ China, 18th-19th century Hollowing: Excellent period) Chinese Works of Art. Sotheby’s, New Hollowing: Excellent ⑩䚠列⤥炻ᶨ晣圁圈ᶲ㚱ↈᶵ⎗夳 Mouth, neck and lip: Short oval sprawling neck, York, March 23rd, 2004, lot 165. (for a carved Mouth, neck and lip: Short cylindric 䘬塪䷓ An almost absolutely flat bottle with two very small cylindric mouth jet snuff bottle) Hugh Moss, Victor Graham neck with convex top and small 䐆℠䥩Ṣ㓞啷 masterly carved, coiled Chilong in high relief, Base: Formed of the two Chilong tails, with a and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff mouth one climbing towards the top of each shoulder, small recessed oval base in its center; possibly Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Base: Oval with raised foot rim EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 400,- their tails together cleverly forming the foot rim. original wooden base well carved with a vol. 7, Part 2, Hong Kong, 2007, no. 1603. (for Design, marks, school: Official school Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 200,- Jet is a tough, compact black form of lignite, or meander border and four Ruyi shaped feet another jet bottle with Chilong carved in a quite Stopper: Carnelian cabochon coal, and therefore a fossilized organic material. Stopper: Matching jet stopper similar manner, described as ‘possibly imperial, Height of the bottle with stopper: The color is best described by the fact that it has Height of the bottle with stopper: 7 cm. 1760-1840’ and indicating that ‘the subject 6.5 cm. lent its name to the quality of uncompromised Width of the mouth: 5 mm. of chi dragons […] strongly suggests a courtly Width of the mouth: 6 mm. blackness, as in ‘jet-black’. It is light in weight Width of the neck: 18 mm. connection’) Width of the neck: 20 mm. and takes a very high surface polish. It is also Condition: Very good, with two tiny, nearly soft enough to carve directly with a metal blade, invisible chips to one of the Chilong, extremely ⋩ℓ 军⋩ḅᶾ䲨湹䌱“坕漵“滣䂇⢢ bringing it within range of possible materials small nibbling to neck, some natural wear ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻ᶨ坕漵幓ᶲ㚱ℑ忻⍲ᶵ⎗夳䘬䳘䲳炻柠 for the scholar-carver to express his own artistic 悐㚱㤝⮷䡽䡘炻㚱ᶨṃ冒䃞⸜ẋ䢐㎵ feelings with his ‘iron-brush’. Jet was also an Provenance: French private collection 㱽⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷 appealing material because of its association Literature comparison: The Meriem Collection with longevity, since one popular Chinese Important Chinese Snuff Bottles, Part II. EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 600,- misconception was that it took amber Christies, New York, March 19th, 2008, lot Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 300,-

24 25 27 28 A PEAR-SHAPED PLAIN WHITE JADE SNUFF Condition: Excellent A WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE, CONVERTED FROM A the original purpose of this bottle BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY Provenance: Old Austrian private collection, acquired HOOKAH MOUTHPIECE Base: Inlaid base, carved of organic material Almost pure white jade with tiny russet inclusions, before 1930, thence by descent Nephrite of even white color and with a good polish Stopper: Carved of mottled nephrite, old spoon smooth surface polish China, Qing Dynasty Height of the bottle with stopper: 8.2 cm. China, 18thto 19th century Literature comparison: Interiors. Christie’s, London, Width of the mouth: 5 mm. South Kensington, May 15th, 2013, lot 835. (for A carved band is separating the cylindrical bottom from Width of the neck: 7 mm. While plain white jade bottles are quite common, another pear-shape white jade bottle, but with added the bulb-shaped upper section. The stopper is carved in the Condition: Good, with several tiny stress line in the mineral, undecorated pear-shaped examples are rather rare. mock ring handles) THE DR. SYLVAN AND FAITH shape of a miniature Yuhuchunping standing on a base, and one tiny chip to inner lip This one does not show a perfectly proportioned GOLDER COLLECTION OF FINE CHINESE SNUFF with an inlaid pearl on top, and has been added at some Provenance: Old Austrian private collection, acquired form, which is not unusual for earlier bottles. In BOTTLES. Bonhams, New York, Sept 11th, 2017, lot point in time as well as the inlaid bottom plate, which is before 1930, thence by descent; the conversion from a contrast, the color and the purity of the mineral are 9106. (for a plain, pear-shaped bottle, but in black carved of organic material, to convert the mouthpiece into mouthpiece into a snuff bottle must have been taken place absolutely striking. and white jade) a snuff bottle. before the bottle was acquired by this collector

Shape: Pear shape 㶭ẋ䘥䌱㡐⼊滣䂇⢢ A gold and gemstone-inlaid jade hookah mouthpiece of Literature comparison: Fine Chinese Ceramics, Jades and Hollowing: Excellent ⑩䚠㤝⤥ this type with curved tip described as Mughal, c. 1675- Works of Art. Christies, New York, September 19th, 2007, Mouth, neck and lip: Elongated neck of oval shape ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻1930⸜⇵岤ℍ炻⭞ 㕷 ⁛ ㈧ 1700, in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is lot 110. (for an original mouthpiece) with small mouth and slightly slanted lip illustrated by S. Markel, The World of Jade, Bombay, c. Base: Flat oval EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 500,- 1992, p. 3, no. 3, where the author notes that “Mughal 㶭ẋ䘥䌱“㯜䂇◜”滣䂇⢢ Stopper: Green glass Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 250,- nobles preferred to use their own mouthpiece when ⑩䚠列⤥炻ℭ㰩炻⒯ℭ㚱ᶨ忻⮷塪䷓ Height of the bottle with stopper: 7.3 cm. smoking from a communal water-pipe”. ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻1930⸜⇵岤ℍ炻⭞㕷⁛㈧; ⽆㯜䂇◜ Width of the mouth: 6 mm. ⇘滣䂇⢢䘬㓡嬲ㅱ娚㗗䘤䓇⛐忁ỵ啷⭞岤屟ᷳ⇵ Width of the neck: 15 mm. Shape: The bottle still shows the original mouthpiece shape An Embellished Jade Hookah Hollowing: Very well hollowed EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 300,- Mouthpiece sold at Christie’s in 2007 Mouth, neck and lip: The opening is quite large, owed to Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 150,-

26 27 29 A WHITE JADE ‘CHILONG’ SNUFF BOTTLE, POSSIBLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, QIANLONG / JIAQING PERIOD White jade of outstanding purity, with exception of one tiny russet vein, which has been masterfully integrated into the carving, good and smooth surface polish China, 18th – earlier 19th century

Carved in low relief with a circumferential depiction of a Chilong chasing a flying bat. This snuff bottle shows a few imperial features that support a tentative attribution to the Palace workshops: It is adequately but not painstakingly hollowed through a wide mouth. It retains its likely original glass stopper of typical Beijing shape. Chilong were particularly popular in court decoration during the Qing dynasty, and especially so during the Qianlong period, and are rarely found as primary decoration outside of Beijing.

Shape: Flattened tapering form Hollowing: Good Mouth, neck and lip: Wide mouth, short tapering cylindric neck Base: Oval, convex with flat rim Design, marks, school: Possibly imperial palace workshops Stopper: Carved pink glass in imitation of tourmaline, in typical Beijing shape, on a green organic platelet Height of the bottle with stopper: 6.8 cm. Width of the mouth: 8 mm. Width of the neck: 17 mm. Condition: Excellent, with one smoothened imperfection in the material on the lip (likely original), and some old wear Provenance: Old Austrian private collection, acquired before 1930, thence by descent, thence by descent, collector number “3834” inscribed to bottom

Literature comparison: Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection: Part VI. Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, May 27th, 2013, lot 121 and 196. (for two related white jade bottles, both carved with Chilong) A Collecting Legacy: Fine Chinese Jade Carvings and Works of Art from the Lizzadro Collection, Part II. Christie’s, New York, September 19th, 2013, lot 1224. (for another white jade bottle with carved Qilong)

䘥䌱“坕漵䲳”滣䂇⢢炻⎗傥䁢Ḧ昮⽉墥 ⑩䚠㤝⤥, ⒯悐㚱ᶨᾳ⃱㹹䘬仢⎋炷⎗傥䁢⍇⥳仢⎋炸炻⯨ 悐ᶨṃ冲䢐㎵ ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻1930⸜⇵岤ℍ炻⭞ 㕷 ⁛ ㈧ , 䒞⸽㚱啷⭞ 䶐嘇“3834ȿ⫿㧋

EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 1.000,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 500,-

28 29 31 A WHITE JADE ‘FINGER CITRON’ SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY Nephrite of pale green-grey, nearly plain white color, with scattered minor russet inclusions and a good, smooth surface polish China, 1750-1880 Three-dimensional carving in the form of a ‘Buddha’s hand’ citron, surrounded by leaves and tendrils in high relief and reticulated carving technique.

Shape: Finger citron Hollowing: Fair Mouth, neck and lip: Mouth succinct to depiction Base: None Stopper: Green serpentine in the shape of a tendril Height of the bottle with stopper: 7.8 cm. Width of the mouth: 5 mm. Condition: Excellent condition with several natural stress lines in the mineral Provenance: Stephen Max Kellen, founder of the American Academy in Berlin; THE ANNA-MARIA AND STEPHEN KELLEN FOUNDATION, NEW YORK

Literature comparison: Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. Bonhams, New York, March 19th, 2013, lot 390. CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES FROM PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTIONS. Bonhams, San Francisco, June 27th, 2017, lot 2083. (both for jade bottles with the same subject)

㶭ẋ䘥䌱“ἃㇳ“滣䂇⢢ ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻䌱䞛ℭ⎗夳⣑䃞䳘䲳 㝷㜿伶⚳⬠昊∝⥳Ṣ⎚吪㔯·楔⃳㕗· 䥹⅟Stephen Max Kellen烊䲸 䲬 ⬱ ⧄ · 䐒⇑Ṇ冯⎚吪㔯·楔⃳㕗· 䥹⅟ ➢慹㚫

EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 400,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 200,-

30 A WHITE-GREY AND RUSSET GOURD-FORM JADE SNUFF BOTTLE Width of the mouth: 6 mm. Nephrite of somewhat greyish celadon color with several russet Condition: Excellent inclusions, carved in high relief, with a smooth and even polish Provenance: UK private collection China, 1750-1850 Literature comparison: The Ruth and Carl The jade pebble is well carved as a lobed gourd borne on a leafy vine Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: and further double gourds with neatly incised details that extends Part I. Sotheby’s, New York, September 16th, around the sides from the quadrilobed calyx. The russet color in the 2015, lot 213. (for a similar bottle, carved in stone is used to highlight a butterfly on one side. white and russet jade) FINE CHINESE WORKS OF ART. Bonhams, San Francisco, June 24th, Shape: Pebble 2014, lot 8147. (for a similar bottle, carved in Hollowing: Excellent celadon jade) Mouth, neck and lip: The mouth is quite small and succinct to the depiction 㶭ẋ曺䘥䌱ⷞ䙖“䒄䒆亝亝ȿ滣䂇⢢ Base: None, bottle does not stand ⑩䚠㤝⤥ Stopper: Green serpentine in the shape of a tendril 劙⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷 Height of the bottle with stopper: 7 cm. EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 500,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 250,-

30 31 32 A CELADON AND RUSSET ‘DRAGON AMIDST CLOUDS’ JADE SNUFF BOTTLE Nephrite of dark-brown and celadon color, carved in high relief, with masterfully incised detail work China, 1740-1840

The pebble-form bottle is carved throughout the deep brown colored areas with swirling clouds parting to reveal a sinuous four-clawed dragon carved in the celadon area. The dramatic scene is enhanced by the clever use of intense brown to depict a thunderstorm, with its typical dark condensed clouds, only dominated by a dauntless dragon. The symbolism in this bottle is straightforward and can be read as “may you master the future, regardless what comes”.

Shape: Pebble Hollowing: Excellent Mouth, neck and lip: The mouth is quite small and succinct to the depiction Base: None, bottle does not stand Design, marks, school: Master of the Rocks School Stopper: Aventurine glass with a minuscule red knob on top, black platelet Height of the bottle with stopper: 7.2 cm. Width of the mouth: 5 mm. Condition: Excellent Provenance: American private collection

Literature comparison: The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part III. Christies, New York, September 14th, 2016, lot 438. (for a very similar bottle) The Au Hang Collection of Snuff Bottles, Jihu Jingshe, Hong Kong, 1992, lot 125. (for another interesting version of this subject, also executed in jade) For a comprehensive overview of the Master of the Rocks School, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Hong Kong, 1995, Vol. 1, Jade, nos. 133-43.

㶭ẋ曺䌱ⷞ䙖“暚漵”滣䂇⢢ ⑩䚠㤝⤥ 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷

EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 1.000,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 500,-

32 33 33 A FINELY CARVED YELLOWISH-GREEN AND RUSSET JADE ‘IMMORTAL’ SNUFF BOTTLE Nephrite with a natural russet layer masterfully carved through the yellowish-green ground, in high relief, with a smooth finish China, 1750-1850

Skillfully carved with immortal Li Tieguai standing on a rock above a wavy pattern with one hand pointing towards a plume of clouds with a hidden dragon in it, the other hand holding a single lingzhi, the details cleverly highlighted through use of the thick russet skin, the interior well-hollowed. Additional clouds and rockwork are found on the left shoulder and on the almost plain backside. A classic work from the Master of the Rocks School.

Shape: Bulbous, rectangular shape with rounded shoulders Hollowing: Excellent Mouth, neck and lip: Short and massive cylindric neck, slanted lip with two areas of natural inclusions which have been polished away , flat top and very small, almost minuscule mouth Base: Oval base with large, rounded foot rim Design, marks, school: Master of the Rocks School Stopper: Coral cabochon on faceted black platelet Height of the bottle with stopper: 7.6 cm. Width of the mouth: 6 mm. Width of the neck: 22 mm. Condition: Excellent Provenance: American private collection

Literature comparison: Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. Sotheby’s, New York, March 19th, 2013, lot 378. (for another Master of the Rocks jade bottle with the Li Tieguai subject, but without the hidden dragon) The Joe Grimberg Collection, Sotheby’s, New York, 14th, September 2010, lot 187. (for another example of a jade snuff bottle from the Master of the Rocks School) For a comprehensive overview of the Master of the Rocks School, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Hong Kong, 1995, Vol. 1, Jade, nos. 133-43.

㶭ẋ曺䌱ⷞ䙖ⶏ晽“ẁṢ”滣䂇⢢ ⑩䚠㤝⤥ 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷

EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 1.000,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 500,-

34 35 34 A BLACK AND WHITE ‘ZHONG KUI’ JADE SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY Nephrite, carved in high relief, with a smooth surface polish China, Qing dynasty

The bottle is carved to depict on one side with Zhong Kui escorting his sister to her wedding. The demon queller holds a fan as he walks in front of his sister who is being pushed in a wheeled chair by a demon, while another demon carrying a stack of ribbon-tied books follows behind from the reverse of the bottle which is carved with a raised couplet, zhong shan feng xing, zhu e mo zuo, which may be translated as ‘cultivate all good, create no evil’. The clever use of the white markings in the stone to enhance the figural scenes speaks to the mastery of this bottle’s maker. The contrast of the seated bride in white against the black wheeled chair is particularly impressive. Zhong Kui is a figure of Chinese mythology. Traditionally regarded as a vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings, and reputedly able to command 80,000 demons, his image is often painted on household gates as a guardian spirit, as well as in places of business where high-value goods are involved.

Shape: Bulbous oval shape Hollowing: Excellent, the bottle is therefore quite light in weight, especially given its size Mouth, neck and lip: Short, broad cylindric neck, slanted lip, convex top, small cylindric mouth with minor drilling inconstancies Base: Oval, slightly convex base Design, marks, school: While in the past reputed experts have unequivocally attributed this bottle to the Suzhouu school,schoool, it is this authors opinion that it could be either from Suzhouou school,schoool, datingdating to the 18th century, or a later example, dating from thehe 19thth or,or, ununlikelier,likelier, the early 20th century (please see also detailed remarksmarks aboutaabout comparable bottles in the literature section of thiss text)text) Stopper: Pink tourmaline cabochon Height of the bottle with stopper: 7.5 cm. Width of the mouth: 7 mm. Width of the neck: 23 mm. Condition: Excellent, with minor wear, some tiny nibblingnibblinng to exposedexposed areas (only visible under the magnifying glass) andd ttwowo mmiminutenute chipschips Provenance: American private collection

Literature comparison: THE BLANCHE B. EXSTEIN COCOLLECTIONLLEECTION OFOF CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES. Christies, New York, MaMarchrch 211st, 2002,2002 lot 260. (for a comparable bottle, dated to 1750-1820,0, alsoalso withwith a raisedraised couplet on the backside, the white layers in the stonetone of a similar, milky appearance) Chinese Art. Sotheby’s, New York,York, MarchMarch 2121st, 2015, lot 864. (for a comparable black and white jajadede bottlebottle,, dated to the 19th century) The Joe Grimberg Collection of ChineseChinese SnuffSnuff Bottles.Bottles. Sothebys, New York, September 14th, 2010, lot 70.0. ((forfor a comparacomparableble bottle, not dated) SNUFF BOTTLES FROM THE MARYARY AND GGEORGEEORGE BLOCH COLLECTION, Part I. Bonhams, Hong Kong,g, MayMay 28th, 2010,2010, lotlot 93. (this bottle is particularly interesting to compare:are: it showsshows similarsimilar drilling inconstancies to the mouth, the design of the basebase andand thethe shiny surface polish are alike, and the manner in whichwhich thethe surfacessurfaces of the rocks have gracefully been left empty is also somewhatomewhat related;related; however, the stark contrast between white and blacklack is keykey in thethe Bloch bottle and such contrast was at some point regardedregarded as a mustmust for an unequivocal attribution to the Suzhou school;ool; however,however, see for example Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Sanctumtum ooff EnEnlightenedlightened Respect III, Denis S. K. Low, lot 63, or Moss, Graham,am, TTsang,sang, ThThee AArtrt of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, no. 24, for bottles firmlymly attattributedributed to Suzhou, showing similar ‘shady’ white layers in thee blblackack jjadeade withwith similar softer contrast as in this bottle)

㶭ẋ湹䘥䌱“挦椿“滣䂇⢢ ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻⯨悐㚱䢐㎵炻堡㚱⛐栗⽖掉ᶳ⎗夳䘬䡽䡘䲳⍲ℑ忻䳘䲳䡘䲳⍲ℑ忻䳘䲳 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷

EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 1.500,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 750,-

36 3737 35 37 A RUBY-RED OVERLAY WHITE GLASS Width of the neck: 19 mm. A RUBY-RED OVERLAY WHITE GLASS ‘DRAGON AND ‘AUSPICIOUS OBJECTS’ SNUFF Condition: Four very minor chips, PHOENIX’ SNUFF BOTTLE, QIANLONG BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY otherwise perfect; some scratches to White ‘snow flake’ glass, with deeply carved, incised and Carved and incised transparent ruby red stopper polished overlay in high relief overlay on a transparent snowflake glass Provenance: Austrian private collection China, Qianlong period, 1736-1795 body China, 18th – earlier 19th century Literature comparison: Snuff Bottles from Finely carved through the layer of dark ruby-red red glass China, the Victoria and Albert Museum with a continuous design of a flying dragon and a standing Carved through the red overlay to the Collection, Helen White, Bamboo fenghuang on a bubble-suffused ‘snowflake’ ground. snowflake ground to depict several Publishing, London 1990, pages 170-203. There is a group of glass-overlay snuff bottles characterized by auspicious objects such as a three- (for a comprehensive overview of bottles unusually deep overlay, simple engraved lines, fully rounded legged bronze incense burner with from this group) Snuff Bottles from the three-dimensional carving, and absolute artistic and technical smoke emerging from its lid, a bamboo Mary and George Bloch Collection: confidence. Their carving style represents the sculptural brush holder holding several brushes, Part X. Sotheby’s, HONG KONG, June epitome of the art, honed to a rare degree of perfection. a Fang Gu bronze holding lotus plants, 1st 2015, lot 98. (for a bottle from the Many of these bottles seem to be by the same hand, and a bowl on a stand holding a peach, a same group, but with a lotus pond stylistic links are exhibited across a range of subjects and color pomegranate and a Buddha’s hand citrus, design) The Power of Red. Ruby Red combinations. It is believed they represent the height of this two books, two dragons emerging from to a lighter Shade of Pale. A Collectors art during the Qianlong period, probably from the first two lingzhi, all with neatly incised details. Guide to Qing Dynasty Glass Snuff thirds of the reign. The rather milky ground, neither white nor Bottles of the 18th-19th Centuries. J.W.A, colorless, is a popular one for the group, and the dark red is Shape: Flattened globular form International, Christopher Randall. (for another regular feature. In many cases the darkness is related Hollowing: Standard a comprehensive overview on ruby-red to the thickness of the overlay layer, but in this specific case Mouth, neck and lip: The neck with a later glass snuff bottles) the material retains an unusually deep red even in thinner metal (possibly silver) mounting under sections. The dramatic overall impression is emphasized by a which the glass is still fully intact, very 㶭ẋ⮞䞛䲭⣿䘥㕁“⎱䤍⌂⎌䲳”滣䂇⢢ rather more matt polish than is usual for glass-overlay bottles. wide mouth ⚃嗽㤝⮷仢㎵炻℞Ṿ悐ỵ⬴⤥炻⢢味↎㚱 Base: Oval base with broad flattened foot ⮷∫䕽 Shape: Flattened round shape rim ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷 Hollowing: Standard Stopper: Carved bone with inlay work Mouth, neck and lip: Cylindric neck with slanted lip, wide and depicting the Ying Yang symbol EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 300,- deep cylindric mouth with minor drilling inconstancy Height of the bottle with stopper: 6.8 cm. Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 150,- Base: Oval raised foot in red overlay with rounded rim Width of the mouth: 11 mm. Design, marks, school: Probably Imperial Glassworks, Beijing Stopper: Carved glass in imitation of coral, depicting a coiled Chilong, metal mounting Height of the bottle with stopper: 7,8 cm. Width of the mouth: 9 mm. Width of the neck: 17 mm. Condition: Perfect condition Provenance: American private collection 36 A PLAIN FACETED RUBY-RED GLASS Condition: Excellent condition with Literature comparison: IMPORTANT CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY minuscule chip and minor nibbling to lip FROM THE J & J COLLECTION. Christies, New York, March 30th, Plain glass body with only few small and mouth 2005, lot 5. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. Sothebys, bubbles, of flawless ruby-red color, with Provenance: Stephen Max Kellen, New York, March 31st, 2005, lot 361. Snuff Bottles from the a remarkably fine and smooth surface founder of the American Academy in Mary & George Bloch Collection: Part IX. Sothebys, Hong polish Berlin; THE ANNA-MARIA AND STEPHEN Kong, November 24th, 2014, lot 178. (for related bottles, all China, 18th – early 19th century KELLEN FOUNDATION, NEW YORK with the ‘dragon and phoenix’ subject in ruby-red overlay on white glass) The Power of Red. Ruby Red to a lighter Shade of A crisp little bottle of elegant form Literature comparison: The Hildegard Pale. A Collectors Guide to Qing Dynasty Glass Snuff Bottles and striking color. The ruby glass, the Schonfeld Collection of Fine Chinese of the 18th-19th Centuries. J.W.A, International, Christopher faceting, and to some extent the simple Snuff Bottles. Christies, March 21st, Randall. (for a comprehensive overview on ruby-red glass snuff yet efficient design all suggest a palace 2013, lot 1069. Snuff Bottles from the bottles) origin. The simplicity of the form, Mary & George Bloch Collection: Part moreover, could possibly indicate a date IX. Sotheby’s, HONG KONG, November Ḧ昮⸜攻⮞䞛䲭⣿䘥㕁“漵沛”滣䂇⢢ from the earlier Qianlong period, long 24th, 2014, lot 39. (for comparable ⑩䚠⬴伶 before one begins to see a tendency faceted ruby-red glass bottles, but with 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷 towards novelty in every aspect of the different shapes) The Power of Red. snuff-bottle arts. Ruby Red to a lighter Shade of Pale. A EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 600,- Shape: Flat oval Collectors Guide to Qing Dynasty Glass Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 300,- Hollowing: Inner form almost absolutely Snuff Bottles of the 18th-19th Centuries. symmetric to outside J.W.A, International, Christopher Randall. Mouth, neck and lip: Sprawling (for a comprehensive overview on ruby- elongated neck with slanted lip, flat top red glass snuff bottles) and large mouth Base: Flat, oval with cut edges 㶭ẋ⮞䞛䲭刚㕁☐滣䂇⢢ Design, marks, school: Likely Imperial ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻㚱ṃ⽖⮷䷓炻⒯㱧䒞⎋㚱庽⽖ glassworks, Beijing 䡽䡘 Stopper: Aventurine 㝷㜿伶⚳⬠昊∝⥳Ṣ⎚吪㔯·楔⃳㕗· 䥹⅟ Height of the bottle with stopper: 7.2 Stephen Max Kellen烊䲸 䲬 ⬱ ⧄ · 䐒⇑Ṇ冯 cm. ⎚吪㔯·楔⃳㕗· 䥹⅟➢慹㚫 Width of the mouth: 8 mm. Width of the neck: 13 mm. EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 200,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 100,-

38 39 38 40 A SAPPHIRE-BLUE ON MILKY-WHITE Height of the bottle with stopper: 6.9 cm. AN EMERALD-GREEN OVERLAY WHITE OVERLAY ‘KUILONG’ GLASS SNUFF Width of the mouth: 8 mm. GLASS ‘LOTUS’ SNUFF BOTTLE, QING BOTTLE Width of the neck: 14 mm. DYNASTY Glass, with incised overlay carved in high Condition: One very tiny nibble to lip, Glass, with incised overlay carved in high relief relief extensive nibbling and chips to overlay China, 19th century China, 1750-1820 Provenance: From an old Austrian private collection acquired before 1930 Finely carved through the emerald green overlay Each side carved through the transparent to the opaque milky white glass, showing and sapphire blue layer with two dragons, Literature comparison: SNUFF BOTTLES circumferential depiction of various lotus plants forming the character long (dragon), and FROM THE MARY AND GEORGE BLOCH surrounded by tendrils, leaves and a butterfly a smaller dragon on each narrow side. A COLLECTION, Part I. Bonhams, Hong Kong, with details neatly incised. band of blue glass is encircling the bottom May 28th, 2010, lot 131. THE DR. SYLVAN thus building the foot. Neatly incised lines AND FAITH GOLDER COLLECTION OF FINE Shape: Flattened pear shape along the edges of all six dragons as well as CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES. Bonhams, New Hollowing: Standard eyes, nostrils and horns. York, September 11th, 2017, lot 9015. The Mouth, neck and lip: Elongated, sprawling neck This archaistic design is typical of the 18th Meriem Collection Important Chinese Snuff with flat top and small, cylindric mouth century palace workshops. Yang Boda, with Bottles, Part II. Christies, New York, March Base: Oval raised foot in green overlay with his extensive knowledge of the archives 19th, 2008, lot 208. (all for variations of rounded rim and the imperial collection in Beijing, states the ‘long’ subject executed in sapphire- Stopper: Red glass in imitation of coral on yellow that archaic forms, decorative motifs and blue overlay) Treasures from the Sanctum platelet styles were adopted as standards for Qing of Enlightened Respect, Robert Kleiner, Height of the bottle with stopper: 7 cm. imperial production from the Kangxi period 1999, lot 90 and 91. (lot 90 for a red on Width of the mouth: 4 mm. onwards. They were also embraced with a opaque white glass version of the same Width of the neck: 13 mm. particular passion by the Qianlong emperor subject, described as “probably imperial” Condition: One flat chip to lip, two tiny chips to (see Yang Boda 1992). and dated 1750-1820, lot 91 for an almost overly, minor nibbling an wear, overall good identical bottle, also described as “probably Provenance: From an old Austrian private Shape: Flattened globular shape imperial” and dated 1750-1820) collection acquired before 1930 Hollowing: Standard Mouth, neck and lip: Elongated cylindric 㶭ẋ啵刚⣿䰱䘥刚㕁“⢼漵“滣䂇⢢ Literature comparison: Chinese Ceramics, Works neck with flat top and particularly wide ⒯悐㚱ṃ⽖䡽䡘炻㔜橼⣿㕁ᶲ⎗夳䢐㎵ of Art and Textiles. Christies, London, November mouth 冯䡽䡘 13th, 2015, lot 1117. CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES. Base: Oval raised foot in blue overlay with ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻1930⸜⇵岤ℍ炻⭞ Bonhams, New York, September 12th, 2016, lot flattened rim 㕷⁛㈧ 9034. (for other green on white overlay snuff Design, marks, school: Attributed to the bottles with a ‘lotus’ subject) Imperial glassworks, Beijing EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 300,- Stopper: Glass, with a red cabochon on a Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 150,- 㶭ẋ侈䵈刚⣿䘥㕁“咖剙”滣䂇⢢ yellow platelet, and a green pearl on top ⒯悐㚱ᶨ忻↯⎋炻䒞幓㚱ℑ忻䳘⽖⮷塪䲳炻⯨悐㚱 䢐㎵⍲䡽䡘炻㔜橼列⤥ ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻1930⸜⇵岤ℍ炻⭞ 㕷 ⁛ ㈧ 39 A BLACK OVERLAY ‘SCHOLARS AND Height of the bottle with stopper: 6.7 cm. EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 300,- ATTENDANTS’ WHITE GLASS SNUFF Width of the mouth: 7 mm. Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 150,- BOTTLE Width of the neck: 14 mm. White opaque glass with carved and incised Condition: Fair condition with one short pure black overlay hairline, extensive wear and nibbling to China, 1760-1840 foot rim, one tiny chip to lip, and several chips to the depiction, the foot possibly Well carved in rounded relief with a trimmed scholar and two attendants standing Provenance: From an old Austrian private on rocky ground and inspecting a scroll collection acquired before 1930 painting, the reverse with another scholar sitting behind a desk with a large flower Literature comparison: The Meriem pot on it, addressing an attendant, the Collection Important Chinese Snuff sides decorated with palm and pine trees Bottles. Christies, New York, September springing from daihu rocks. The design in 19th, 2007, lot 672. (for another black stark contrast to the white ground. The overlay bottle of similar size and shape, amount and quality of the neatly incised attributed to the Imperial Palace detail work, including but not limited to Workshops, Beijing) FINE CHINESE SNUFF the faces of the scholars and attendants, BOTTLES FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANN can only by judged to its full extent under & JOHN HAMILTON. Sotheby’s, New York, a strong magnifying glass. It is extremely March 27th, 2003, lot 244. (for a black rare to find a true black overlay glass overlay glass bottle, dated 1760-1820) snuff bottle, as a fine line divides what is FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS a genuine, opaque black, and what is in OF ART. Bonhams, Hong Kong, May 26th, reality a very dark olive-green or sapphire- 2014, lot 45. (for a black overlay glass blue, for instance. The present lot is a good bottle, dated 1760-1810) and early example, and only a handful of others are published. Given the intensity of 1760-1840⸜攻湹刚⣿㕁“㔯Ṣἵ侭”滣䂇⢢ the black, and the confident carving of this ⑩䚠ᷕ䫱炻㚱ᶨṃ䳘䲳炻㖶栗䢐㎵炻嵛悐㚱䡽 rare and inspiring subject, it is well possible 䡘炻䒞⒯㚱仢㎵炻䔓朊悐↮㚱ᶨṃ䳘䲳炻嵛 that this bottle was made for the Court. 悐㚱⎗傥↯䞕忶 ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻1930⸜⇵岤ℍ炻⭞ 㕷 Shape: Compressed pear form ⁛㈧ Hollowing: Standard Mouth, neck and lip: Sprawling neck, EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 200,- slanted lip, flat top and wide mouth Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 100,- Base: Oval base with raised, flattened center, surrounded by a black foot rim Stopper: Gilt metal stopper with embossed and incised Chrysanthemum flower on a black platelet

40 41 41 A FINELY CARVED SANDWICHED PINK GLASS ‘LOTUS’ SNUFF BOTTLE Carved pink and white sandwich glass of decent, noble color China, 1740-1830

Depicting an overall design of a lotus flower with several petals emerging from a large lotus leaf, the stem of which curls around to form the foot rim, all carved in high relief and with neatly incised detail to simulate veining.

Shape: Flattened ovoid form Hollowing: Standard Mouth, neck and lip: Short, slightly sprawling neck with flat top, the mouth slightly slanted towards the inside Base: Natural base in the shape of a lotus stem Design, marks, school: Probably Imperial Glassworks, Beijing Stopper: Green aventurine glass Height of the bottle with stopper: 6.5 cm. Width of the mouth: 6 mm. Width of the neck: 16 mm. Condition: Few small chips restored to perfection, some minor nibbling Provenance: American private collection

Literature comparison: Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the J&J Collection, Part IV. Christies, New York, March 22nd 2007, lot 55. (for a similar bottle, with a slightly different lotus design) The Hildegard Schonfeld Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles. Christies, New York, March 21st 2013, lot 1097. (for a similar bottle, with a more formal lotus design) The Bentley Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Asian Art Studio, Clare Chu, 2008, page 26. (for a bottle of the same material and carving technique, yet with a carp design) Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect, Robert Kleiner, 1999, lot 92. (for a bottle of the same material and carving technique, yet with a cabbage design)

1740-1830⸜攻“咖剙䲳”䰱㕁滣䂇⢢ 㚱ṃ⽖仢㎵炻⶚ᾖ墄⬴┬炻⯨悐⎎㚱⮷䡽䡘 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷

EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 1.000,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 500,-

42 43 42 44 A GLASS ‘JADE-IMITATION’ DISK-SHAPED SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY A CARAMEL-YELLOW OVERLAY Glass of even, creamy-white color in imitation of ‘mutton fat’ jade, the surface ‘CARP & LOTUS’ WHITE GLASS SNUFF polish revealing a similar ‘oily’ feeling as the real mineral BOTTLE China, 18th – 19th century Carved translucent caramel-yellow overlay on opaque white glass with very Of elegant disk form supported by a short-raised foot, the glass body of an almost fine incised detail work pure white color skillfully carved in imitation of a ‘mutton-fat’ jade bottle, the China, 1770-1830 deliberately somewhat irregularly shaped body adding to this amusing ‘Trompe l’oeil’. Delicately carved through a semi- transparent caramel yellow overlay with Shape: Flattened disk a circumferential design of two carps Hollowing: Standard in a lotus pond, the various plants and Mouth, neck and lip: Short cylindric neck with slanted inner lip, flat top and smaller slender tendrils emerging from a wavy mouth ground surrounding the base. This is a Base: Flat raised foot with slanted border rather rare color combination, with only Stopper: Glass stopper in imitation of amber, carved with similar irregularities as the few comparable examples to be found in bottle, possibly matching; good old spoon the current literature. Height of the bottle with stopper: 6.3 cm. Width of the mouth: 6 mm. Shape: Bulbous pear shape Width of the neck: 16 mm. Hollowing: Standard Condition: Good, with some wear and minor scratching, the lip with minor nibbling Mouth, neck and lip: Sprawling, Provenance: Old Austrian private collection, acquired before 1930, thence by elongated cylindric neck, slanted lip, descent convex top and wide mouth Base: Oval, almost round base with Literature comparison: Playthings from The Collection of Edward T. Chow. raised and rounded foot rim, carved from Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, May 27th, 2014, lot 122. (for another glass bottle, in the overlay imitation of a jade pebble) FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART. Stopper: Turquoise cabochon on a black Bonhams, Hong Kong, May 27th, 2012, lot 217. (for another glass bottle, also in platelet imitation of ‘mutton fat’ jade) Height of the bottle with stopper: 7.1 cm. Width of the mouth: 7 mm. 㶭ẋ䘥㕁ầ伲傪䌱滣䂇⢢ Width of the neck: 14 mm. ⑩䚠列⤥炻㚱庽⽖䢐㎵冯∫䕽炻⒯㱧㚱䡽 Condition: Perfect ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻1930⸜⇵岤ℍ炻⭞㕷⁛㈧ Provenance: American private collection

EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 200,- Literature comparison: Fine Chinese Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 100,- Snuff Bottles from the Holden Collection. Christies, New York, March 21st, 2000, lot 68. (for a similar bottle)

43 1770-1830⸜攻䃎䱾刚⣿䘥㕁“歱欂㇗咖” A THREE-COLOR SPLASHED Base: Flat, almost invisible, bottle 滣䂇⢢ GREEN ‘SANDWICH’ GLASS does hardly stand ⑩䚠⬴伶 SNUFF BOTTLE Design, marks, school: Attributed to 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷 The slightly swirled, opaque olive- Beijing Palace Workshops green glass body suffused with Stopper: Carnelian cabochon with EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 500,- fragments of transparent emerald- neatly incised, gilt bronze mounting Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 250,- green, opaque and dark cinnabar-red Height of the bottle with stopper: as well as opaque realgar-orange 6.6 cm. splashes, with several scattered air- Width of the mouth: 10 mm. bubbles Width of the neck: 19 mm. China, 1730-1780 Condition: Some old wear and Glass with fragments of other nibbling to inner lip, otherwise colors rolled into the surface during excellent production were a standard type at Provenance: Dutch private collection the Imperial glassworks at Beijing, Literature comparison: Moss, which is also frequently referenced Graham, Tsang, The Art of the to as ‘sandwich’ type, providing an Chinese Snuff Bottle, no. 368. (for a endless variety of color combinations. carved glass snuff bottle with similar This rare and early version, with olive-green body, dated 1730-1780) its three colors on a opaque green CHINESE WORKS OF ART. Christies, ground relates it to a small group New York, March 23rd, 2004, lot of Imperial overlay snuff bottles 5. (for a similar bottle, dated 1730- which also combine this particular 1780, attributed to the Beijing Palace green with cinnabar-red, also of the Workshops) swirling nature of the red here. 1730-1780⸜攻ᶱ刚䵈㕁滣䂇⢢ Shape: Bulbous round form 䒞⎋ℭ㷔㚱ṃ⽖䢐㎵⍲䡽䡘炻℞Ṿ悐 Hollowing: Standard ỵ⑩䚠㤝⤥ Mouth, neck and lip: Cylindrical 匟嗕䥩Ṣ㓞啷 neck, slanted lip, flat top with a wide mouth and deep inner cylinder in a EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 300,- somewhat asymmetric place Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 150,-

44 4545 45 46 A CARAMEL-BROWNCARAMEL-BROWN AND GREEN ‘BUDDHIST LION & A FIVE-COLOR OVERLAY ‘FISH, DUCK & CRCRAB’AB’ CARPS’CARPS’ OOVERLAYVERLAY GLGLASS SNUFF BOTTLE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE CarvedCarved opaqueopaque caramel-browncarame and light transparent green Transparent, bubble-suffused glass with carvedrved anandd high-reliefhigh-relief overlayoverlay glglassass with extremely fine incised detail incised lemon-yellow, light ruby-red, emerald-green,ald-green, workwork sapphire- blue and black overlay in high relief,ief, nicelnicelyy China,China, 171780-188080-1880 polished, with few scattered air bubbles of vvariousarious sizes FinelyFinely carvedcarved throughthrouugh tthe green overlays with a scene of China, 1780-1860 twotwo playplayfulful BuddhistBuddhist lionslio on a rocky ground, accompanied by twotwo flyingflying bats,bats, thethe reverse with two carps on a wavy Carved as a single overlay with a continuousus ddesignesign ground,ground, withwith a large ccloudl in the upper left, all against a rich of three fish, a crab, a duck (note the red beak)eak) caramel-browncaramel-brown ground.ground and various lotus plants, all stemming from a largelarge lotus leaf forming the bottom of the bottle.. TheThe Shape:Shape: CompressedCompressed ovalov body with slightly sloping shoulders different colors on multi-colored overlay bottlesottles can Hollowing:Hollowing: StaStandardndard vary from two to as many as ten, although betweenbetween Mouth,Mouth, necneckk anandd llip:ip: SSprawling neck with slanted lip, deep two and five is the norm. Arguably five is thehe raresrarestt cylindriccylindric mouthmouth,, flflatat totop within this norm. With its imaginative and cconfidentonfident Base: OOvalval babasese wiwithth rraiseda oval rounded foot rim carved of design, this bottle ranks among the finest of the greengreen overoverlaylay genre. Stopper:Stopper: Coral cabochoncabocho with a green platelet, a small pearl on top,top, andand a nicenicelyly carvedca spoon Shape: Flattened pear shape HeightHeight ofof the bottle withwi stopper: 7.2 cm. Hollowing: Standard WidthWidth ofof thethe mouthmouth:: 6 mm. Mouth, neck and lip: Elongated, very slightlyly WidthWidth of the nneck:eck: 14 mm. sprawling neck, slated lip, slightly convex top,op, widewide Condition:Condition: PePerfectrfef ct cylindric mouth Provenance:Provenance: AmAmericanerican private collection Base: In the shape of a lotus leaf, with neatlytly incised details LiteratureLiterature comparisoncomparison: Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles XI, Stopper: Ruby-glass on a black platelet, wellll cacarvedrved The SnowySnowywy PeaksPeakss Collection,ColleCollee lot 13. (for a bottle from the spoon samesamsa e group,grg oup, butbuut wiwwiththh a carp and crab, dated 1780-1850) Height of the bottle with stopper: 9.7 cm. CarlCarCa l BaBarronrroron CoCollectionllectict onn of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part Width of the mouth: 9 mm. I. Christies,Christieies,s NewNew York,YoY rk, September 16th, 2015, lot 231. for Width of the neck: 14 mm. a bobottlettlt e frfromom ththee same group, but with a carp in a lotus Condition: Perfect condition pond,pond,d dadatedted 1760-1850)171 60-1850 THE PAUL BRAGA COLLECTION Provenance: Hungarian private collection OF SNUFFSNUFFF BOTTLES.BOB TTLES.ES Bonhams,Bo Hong Kong, November 24th, 2012012,012, lolotot 12125.25. (f(foror a sisimilarm bottle, dated 1800-1900) Literature comparison: Snuff Bottles from thehe MMaryary and George Bloch Collection: Part X. Sotheby’s,eby’s, 1781780-1880780-10 88080⸜攻䃎⸜攻䃎䱾㡽刚⣿䵈㕁䱾㡽刚 “ἃ䋭冯歱欂”滣䂇⢢ Hong Kong, June 1st, 2015, lot 158. Snuff BoBottlesttles ⑩䚠⬴⑩䚠⬴伶伶 from the Mary and George Bloch Collection:n: PaPartrt VI. 伶⚳䥩伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷Ṣ㓞啷 Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, May 27th, 2013, lot 193193 anandd lot 245. Important Chinese Snuff Bottles fromom ththee EstEstimateimamateġỘ₡ġġỘ₡ġġEURR 500,-50 J&J Collection, Part IV. Christies, New York,, MaMarchrch StaStartingtartirt ngg prppriceicec ġ崟㉵₡ġġ崟㉵₡ EEUR 250,- 22nd, 2007, lot 79. (all for various five-color overoverlaylay bottles)

1780-1860⸜攻Ḽ刚⣿㕁“欂ˣ泐 冯 垡 ”滣䂇⢢⢢ ⑩䚠⬴伶 ⊰䈁⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷

EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 800,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 400,-

46 47 47 49 A YELLOW-OVERLAY PINK ‘CRANES & PINES’ GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE A CINNABAR-RED OVERLAY minuscule, almost invisible chip to Opaque pink glass with carved and incised lemon-yellow overlay, with some TURQUOISE-BLUE GLASS ‘CRABS’ depiction and two very tiny nibblings to scattered minuscule air bubbles SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY top of neck China, 1780-1860 Carved and neatly incised overlay glass Provenance: Stephen Max Kellen, China, late 18th- 19th century founder of the American Academy in The bottle is carved through the yellow overlay to the pink ground, with a Berlin; THE ANNA-MARIA AND STEPHEN continuous scene of pine trees and branches and lingzhi growing from rocks, with Delicately carved through the cinnabar- KELLEN FOUNDATION, NEW YORK a standing crane on one side and a departing crane on the other, with his wings red overlay to the opaque turquoise already wide spread. Mock ring handles to the shoulders. ground with two crabs amidst lotus Literature comparison: Snuff Bottles plants, the base formed as a lotus leaf. from the Mary & George Bloch Shape: Flattened round shape The combination of red overlay and Collection: Part IX. Sotheby’s, Hong Hollowing: Standard turquoise glass became fashionable Kong, November 24th, 2014, lot 84. (for Mouth, neck & lip: Sprawling neck, slanted inner & outer lip, deep cylindric mouth particularly towards the end of the 18th an overlay bottle with the same color Base: Oval, with raised and rounded foot rim and beginning of the 19th centuries. The pattern) FINE CHINESE ART. Bonhams, Stopper: Green glass cabochon turquoise-blue background is evocative London, May 14th, 2015, lot 301. Height of the bottle with stopper: 7.1 cm. of the summer sky leading to the (for an overlay bottle with the same Width of the mouth: 7 mm. typical design of landscape and outdoor color pattern, described as “probably Width of the neck: 16 mm. scenes. The color combination with the Imperial”) The Ruth and Carl Barron Condition: design of the crabs in the present lot is Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Two chips to neck restored, several chips to overlay, a few of them restored therefore rather unusual. Part II. Christies, New York, March 16th, Provenance: Hungarian private collection 2016, lot 512. (for an overlay bottle Shape: Flattened pear shape with the same color pattern, described Literature comparison: The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Hollowing: Standard as “YANGZHOU SCHOOL, 1800-1890”) Bottles: Part I. Christies, New York, September 16th, 2015, lot 297. (for a bottle Mouth, neck and lip: Elongated cylindric Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles XI, from the same group, but with a deer and a crane, dated 1780-1860) THE LINDA neck with flat top and symmetric mouth The Snowy Peaks Collection, lot 14. (for RIDDELL HOFFMAN COLLECTION OF CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES. Bonhams, New Base: Formed as a part of the lotus an overlay bottle with the same color York, March 22nd, 2011, lot 84. (for a slightly later bottle from this group, with a plant, with round convex center pattern, dated 1780-1850) blossoming prunus design, dated 1820-1900) Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles revealing the turquoise ground XI, The Snowy Peaks Collection, lot 16. (for a bottle from the same group, but Design, marks, school: For possible 㶭ẋ㛙䲭刚⣿曺䵈刚㕁“圫垡“滣䂇⢢ with a deer and bear design, dated 1800-1850) attributions, please see literature ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻䔓朊ᶲ㚱ᶨ忻⸦᷶ᶵ⎗夳䘬 comparison ⮷䷓炻柠悐ᶲ㕡㚱ℑ忻䡽䡘⎋ 1780-1860⸜攻湫刚⣿䰱㕁“ẁ浜㜦㧡”滣䂇⢢ Stopper: Glass in imitation of coral on an 㝷㜿伶⚳⬠昊∝⥳Ṣ⎚吪㔯·楔⃳㕗· 䥹 柠悐ℑ忻仢⎋⶚ᾖ⽑炻⣿㕁ᶲ㚱ᶨṃ⮷仢㎵炻℞ᷕᶨṃ⶚ᾖ⽑ organic platelet ⅟Stephen Max Kellen烊䲸䲬⬱⧄· 䐒⇑ ⊰䈁⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷 Height of the bottle with stopper: 8.4 cm. Ṇ冯⎚吪㔯·楔⃳㕗· 䥹⅟➢慹㚫 Width of the mouth: 6 mm. EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 300,- Width of the neck: 14 mm. EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 300,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 150,- Condition: Excellent, with one Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 150,-

48 AN AMBER-COLORED OVERLAY ‘BATS’ 50 GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE A TURQUOISE OVERLAY BLACK Literature comparison: The Ruth and Carved translucent amber-colored overlay on GLASS ‘PRUNUS AND WILLOW’ Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese bubble suffused transparent glass in high relief, SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY Snuff Bottles: Part III. Christies, New with some incised details Black glass with turquoise-blue overlay, York, September 14th, 2016, lot 427. China, 1770-1830 carved in relief with neatly incised (for a black glass bottle of the same detail shape and with a similar design, but a Carved through the amber overlay to depict two China, 1770-1850 white overlay) Fine Chinese Ceramics flying bats surrounded by various clouds, the base and Works of Art (Part I). Christies, girdled by a wavy pattern. The bottle is carved in high relief New York, March 22nd – 23rd, 2012, lot through the turquoise-blue overlay to 1589. (for another black glass bottle, Shape: Flattened pear shape the opaque black ground on one side bit with yellow overlay) Hollowing: Standard with a prunus tree, and on the other Mouth, neck and lip: Cylindric neck, with slightly with a willow tree. The handles on 㶭ẋ曺䵈刚⣿湹㕁“㟫剙㞛㧡”滣䂇⢢ rounded top and small mouth each shoulder are composed of the 㔜橼⑩䚠列⤥炻䔓朊ᶲ㚱ṃ⽖䡽䡘炻嵛悐 Base: Oval, with raised and rounded foot rim, longevity sign ‘zhou’ and a bat holding 怲䶋冯柠悐⎗傥㚱庽⽖ᾖ− carved from the overlay two coins. 㝷㜿伶⚳⬠昊∝⥳Ṣ⎚吪㔯·楔⃳㕗· 䥹 Stopper: Coral, with black platelet and small pearl ⅟Stephen Max Kellen烊䲸 䲬 ⬱ ⧄ · 䐒⇑ on top Shape: Rounded flat rectangular shape Ṇ冯⎚吪㔯·楔⃳㕗· 䥹⅟➢慹㚫 Height of the bottle with stopper: 6.9 cm. Hollowing: Standard Width of the mouth: 6 mm. Mouth, neck and lip: The neck is EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 300,- Width of the neck: 14 mm. emerging from the bottle, with a very Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 150,- Condition: Excellent condition with only minor thin lip and wide opening wear Base: Oval base with raised flat foot rim Provenance: American private collection in turquoise-blue overlay Stopper: Glass in imitation of pink 1770-1830⸜攻䏍䍨刚⣿㕁“圁圈”滣䂇⢢ tourmaline on a glass platelet in ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻堡㚱ṃ⽖䢐㎵ imitation of carnelian 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷 Height of the bottle with stopper: 8.5 cm. Width of the mouth: 8 mm. EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 200,- Width of the neck: 12 mm. Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 100,- Condition: Overall good condition with few tiny nibbles to depiction, one to foot rim, the neck possibly with slight trimming Provenance: Stephen Max Kellen, founder of the American Academy in Berlin; THE ANNA-MARIA AND STEPHEN KELLEN FOUNDATION, NEW YORK

48 49 51 AN ENAMELLED GLASS ‘COURT LADY’ SNUFF BOTTLE, YANGZHOU SCHOOL, SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG Opaque white glass with painted polychrome enamels in very thin relief China, ca. 1770-1795

Delicately painted to depict a court lady in a traditional dress standing in a palace garden, with the entrance to a building in the background, revealing a small stool and a table with a food container and a bowl, the scene surrounded by rockwork and a tree, the backside with a sage and an elevated small table showing a teapot, a teacup and a small bowl. The neck with a neatly painted floral border. The base with an iron red horizontal seal script four-character Qianlong mark and of the period.

Shape: Flattened rectangular shape Hollowing: Standard Mouth, neck and lip: Short cylindric neck with sprawling lip, slanted lip, flat top and cylindric mouth Base: Small oval convex base Design, marks, school: While the majority of the bottles from this group bear the Guyue Xuan hall mark, this is one of the rarer examples bearing a Qianlong mark Stopper: Carved coral cabochon depicting a Chilong in high relief in a bronze mounting, possibly matching Height of the bottle with stopper: 7.6 cm. Width of the mouth: 7 mm. Width of the neck: 16 mm. Condition: Excellent condition, slight wear to enamel painting Provenance: American private collection

Literature comparison: Snuff Bottles from the Mary & George Bloch Collection: Part VII. Sotheby’s, HONG KONG, November 26th, 2013, lot 109. (for another bottle from this group bearing a Qianlong mark) Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. Sotheby’s, LONDON, May 16th, 2007, lot 273. (for a bottle from the same group, bearing a Qianlong mark, with the depiction of the immortal Liu Hai) THE COLLECTION OF SNUFF BOTTLES OF FRANCA ARENA A.M. Bonham’s, Sydney, Mai 3rd, 2016, lot 17. (for a bottle from the same group, bearing a Qianlong mark, also with the depiction of a noble lady) The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part III. Christies, New York, September 14th, 2016, lot 572. (for a bottle from the same group, bearing a Qianlong mark, with the depiction of several sages)

Ḧ昮㫦⍲⸜ẋ㎂ⶆ䍣䐫偶䏢䎭⼑“⚺ᷕ屜⨎”滣䂇⢢ ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻䏢䎭⼑䦵㚱壒刚 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷

EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 1.000,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 500,-

50 51 52 AN ENAMELLED GLASS ‘WEIQI PLAYERS’ SNUFF BOTTLE, YANGZHOU SCHOOL, SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG Opaque white glass with painted polychrome enamels in very thin relief China, ca. 1770-1795

Delicately painted to depict three Weiqi players under a beautiful willow tree, with the reverse showing a scholar playing the flute, accompanied by his attended on a Guzheng, set in an Edenic garden under a pine tree. The neck with a neatly painted floral border. The base with an iron red horizontal seal script four-character Qianlong mark and of the period.

Among the Confucian ideals of the scholar-gentleman were the abilities to write calligraphy and to play weiqi, the subject- matter seen on the present bottle. Weiqi (or Go) is an abstract strategy board game for two players, in which the aim is to surround more territory than the opponent. The game was invented in ancient China more than 2,500 years ago and is believed to be the oldest board game continuously played today. It was considered one of the four essential arts in antiquity and hence its depiction is frequently found on snuff bottles made of hardstone, glass, organic materials of all kinds, as well as on bottles from the Yangzhou school, although only very few of such examples have yet been recorded. The Guzheng, also known as the Chinese zither, is a Chinese plucked string instrument with a more than 2,500-year history. It has 16 strings, movable bridges and a large, resonant cavity made from Wutong wood.

Shape: Flattened spade shape Hollowing: Standard Mouth, neck and lip: Short sprawling neck with slanted lip, flat top and cylindric mouth Base: Small oval flat base with slanted rim Design, marks, school: While the majority of the bottles from this group bear the Guyue Xuan hall mark, this is one of the rarer examples bearing a Qianlong mark Stopper: Coral cabochon on a turquoise-colored platelet Height of the bottle with stopper: 7.2 cm. Width of the mouth: 7 mm. Width of the neck: 18 mm. Condition: Excellent condition, two or three minuscule, almost invisible nibbles to rims. The mark partially faded, but still legible. Provenance: American private collection

Literature comparison: Snuff Bottles from the Mary & George Bloch Collection: Part VII. Sotheby’s, HONG KONG, November 26th, 2013, lot 109. (for another bottle from this group bearing a Qianlong mark) Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. Sotheby’s, LONDON, May 16th, 2007, lot 273. (for a bottle from the same group, bearing a Qianlong mark, with the depiction of the immortal Liu Hai) THE COLLECTION OF SNUFF BOTTLES OF FRANCA ARENA A.M. Bonham’s, Sydney, Mai 3rd, 2016, lot 17. (for a bottle from the same group, bearing a Qianlong mark, with the depiction of a noble lady) The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part III. Christies, New York, September 14th, 2016, lot 572. (for a bottle from the same group, bearing a Qianlong mark, with the depiction of several sages) IMPORTANT CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES FROM THE J & J COLLECTION. Christies, New York, March 30th, 2005, lot 75. (for a hornbill bottle with Weiqi players) FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART. Bonhams, Hong Kong, May 26th 2014, lot 9. (for an overlay bottle with Weiqi players)

㶭ẋḦ昮⽉墥㎂ⶆἄ䍣䐫偶䔓䏢䎭“㔯Ṣ改㇗⚾”滣䂇⢢ ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻怲䶋㚱ℑᶱ嗽㤝⮷仢星 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷

EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 1.000,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 500,-

52 53 53 54 ANAN ENAMELEDENAMEL GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, MANNER OF AN ENAMELED ‘BAXIAN’ GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE,TLE, 220th0th YE BENBENGQIGQI CENTURY OpaqueOpaque whitewhitee glass with delicately painted polychrome Opaque white glass with delicately painted polychromechhrome enamelsenamels enamels China,China, 20th20th centuryc China, 20th century

ThisThis bottlebottle showsshh a skillfully executed circumferential scene Lovely circumferential depiction of the famous 8 iimmortalsmmortals withwith a scscholarhola crossing a bridge across a river, another shown in a wavy river. Three of them are riding inn a boatboat,, scholarscholar andand hish pupil standing on a rock, a third scholar one on a cloud, one on a crab, one on a lotus leaf,aff, one on a standingstanding underund a pine tree, and finally a scholar with his carp and one on a wave. The level of detail in thiss bottle is pupilpupil in a papavilion.v The setting consists of a monumental simply stunning, and barely visible to the naked eyeeyye â “ itsits mountainmountain lanlandscape with trees of all kind and a lake with a close inspection with a magnifying glass is thereforefoore hihighlyghly fisherfisher in a boboat.a The neck is decorated with a neatly painted recommended. Several neatly painted borders frameame thethe leafleaf boborder.rder. AAlthough this bottle does not seem to have a design both on the lower and upper end. lot of age, ititss quality is of a very high standard, hence an attributionattribution too the Ye Bengqi workshop, the artist’s pupils or Shape: Flattened oval shape followersfollowers is ppossible. Hollowing: standard Mouth, neck and lip: Sprawling cylindric neck, thehe babasese of Shape:Shape: DoubleDoubll gourd shape neck flat, the mouth cylindric and of larger size Hollowing:Hollowing: standardstt Mouth, neck and lip: Sprawling Base: Oval, with raised foot rim cylindriccylindric necneck,k the base of neck curved, the mouth cylindric Stopper: Glass stopper, in imitation of coral andand of aaverageveragg size Height of the bottle with stopper: 6.7 cm. Base:Base: RounRound,d, with raised foot rim Width of the mouth: 7 mm. Stopper:Stopper: Gilt bronze stopper, reticulated depiction of Width of the neck: 16 mm. dragondragon Condition: Excellent condition HeightHeight of the bottle with stopper: 6.9 cm. Provenance: German private collection Width ooff ththee mouth: 6 mm. WidthWidth of tthehe neck: 16 mm. Ḵ⋩ᶾ䲨䏢䎭⼑ℓẁ忶㴟 㕁☐滣䂇⢢ Condition:Condition: ExcellentEx condition ⑩䚠㤝⤥ Provenance:Provenance: GGerman private collection ⽟⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷

Ḵ⋩ᶾ䲨叱厞䤢桐Ḵ⋩ᶾ䲨叱厞 㟤䏢䎭⼑Ⱉ㯜 㕁☐滣䂇⢢ EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 600,- ⑩䚠㤝⤥⑩䚠㤝⤥ Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 300,- ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞

EstimateEstimateġỘ₡ġġỘ₡ EUR 500,- Starting ppricericeġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 250,-

54 55 55 A MA SHAOXUAN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS PORTRAIT SNUFF BOTTLE OF from which he worked, but because they were painted by hand, bringing to EMPEROR HONGXIAN, YUAN SHIKAI them an added vitality missing from the more mechanical photographic process. Glass, China, 1905-1916 This bottle is one of a small number of Ma’s portraits that have no inscriptions whatsoever. This seems strange, as the bottles look incomplete and one cannot Painted on one main side with a detailed half-length portrait of Yuan Shikai 堩ᶾ imagine that either Ma or his patrons would have ordered them that way when ↙ (16 September 1859 – 6 June 1916). the standard for which Ma was famous was a painting on one side and a long inscription on the other. It is of course possible that this bottle was ordered Publications: This bottle is illustrated in Ma Shaoxuan (1867-1939), Inside- without inscriptions, but it may also have remained unfinished. Dealing with the Painted Snuff Bottle Artist, A Biography and Study by Ma Zengshan, Translated movers and shakers of a dynasty in turmoil during a period of intense political and annotated by Ka Bo Tsang, The International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, uncertainty must have been difficult at times. Such important and powerful Baltimore 1997, page 65, fig. 55, and in Emily Byrne Curtis, Reflected Glory in people cannot have been easy to work with, and if their attention was distracted a Bottle, New York, 1980, Chapter ‘Leaders of the Republic’, pp. 44-49, fig. 67, by affairs of state from what was probably a minor indulgence for them, one and identified as that of Yuan Shikai (Curtis also illustrates one other portrait might expect a few unfinished commissions. Perhaps whoever ordered this bottle bottle of Yuan Shikai in the same publication, figs. 65 and 66). provided the photograph but no suitable text for Ma to inscribe on the bottle, Yuan Shikai 堩ᶾ↙ (16 September 1859 – 6 June 1916) was a Chinese and hence it may have been never delivered. emperor, general, statesman and warlord, famous for his influence during the As a rule, Ma tended not to use white paint in his portraits, preferring to leave late Qing dynasty, his role in the events leading up to the abdication of the last the blank background to act as white, but he occasionally highlighted certain Qing Emperor, his autocratic rule as the first formal President of the Republic of areas with white (see Moss, Graham and Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff China, and his short-lived attempt to restore monarchy in China, with himself Bottles, Vol. 4, Inside Painted, lots 606 and 610). On the present bottle, white as the Hongxian Emperor. Yuan introduced far-ranging modernizations in wash enhances collar, medal and jacket. For a similar treatment of the uniform, law and social areas and organized one of China’s first modern armies. But see a bottle portrait of General Jiang Yanxing in Moss, Graham and Tsang, A the loyalty Yuan had fostered in the armed forces dissolved after his death, Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Vol. 4, Inside Painted, lot 610. undermining the authority of the central government. Yuan financed his regime Shape: Flattened rectangular shape with rounded shoulders through large foreign loans and is criticized for weakening Chinese morale and Hollowing: Standard international prestige, and for allowing the Japanese to gain broad concessions Mouth, neck and lip: Cylindric neck with slanted lip and small mouth over China. Jonathan Spence, however, notes in his influential survey that Base: Oval base with raised and slanted foot rim Yuan was “ambitious, both for his country and for himself”, and that “even Stopper: Blue glass stopper as he subverted the constitution, paradoxically he sought to build on late-Qing Height of the bottle with stopper: 6.6 cm. attempts at reforms and to develop institutions that would bring strong and Width of the mouth: 6 mm. stable government to China.” To gain foreign confidence and end the hated Width of the neck: 16 mm. system of extraterritoriality, Yuan strengthened the court system and invited Condition: Good, inner foot with two minuscule hairlines and tiny chip foreign advisers to reform the penal system. Provenance: The Dr. and Mrs. Louis E. Wolferz Collection, Sotheby’s New York, Ma Shaoxuan (1867-1939) was one of the most technically accomplished artists October 3rd, 1980, lot 121. The Collection of Ann Neviaser, Verona, Wisconsin, of the Beijing school of snuff-bottle painting, which was founded by Zhou Leyuan USA. (the stopper bearing old collector number ‘60’) and included other leading artists, such as Ding Erzhong, Ye Zhongsan and Literature comparison: Snuff Bottles from the Mary & George Bloch Collection: Ziyizi. Ma’s famous monochromatic portrait bottles of leading Qing officials and Part IX. Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, November 24th, 2014, lot 92. (for another portrait personalities were prized by the influential minority of his day and continue to bottle by Ma Shaoxuan, also lacking any inscription) The Meriem Collection be among the most coveted of all inside-painted bottles. Executed only in black Important Chinese Snuff Bottles, Part II. Christies, New York, March 19th, 2008, ink, using vermilion solely for seals, each portrait is a technically impeccable, lot 253. (for a portrait of an associate of Yuan Shikai, Zhang Qian) photographic likeness of the sitter. Ma’s renown led to his being commissioned in 1911 to paint two portraits of the young Xuantong emperor. Although the Qing 楔⮹⭋ℭ䔓㳒ㅚⷅ堩ᶾ↙䍣䐫滣䂇⢢ dynasty was on the verge of collapse and political turmoil marked most of this ⑩䚠列⤥炻嵛悐ℭ㱧㚱ℑᾳ䳘⽖塪䷓ period, Ma’s contacts with high officials enhanced his reputation. He also painted 伶⚳⦩㕗⹟㗇ⶆ䵕劍恋ⶪ⬱·ℭ䵕㌐䇦Ann Neviaser㓞啷炷⢢味ᶲ㚱侩㓞啷䶐 portraits of a number of high officials from the late Qing dynasty and the ensuing 嘇“60ȿ炸炻Ἦ冒剷⭴㭼˪Louis E. Wolferz⌂⢓⣓⤯㓞啷ᶻ⛢˫炻䲸䲬炻1980 republic, including Yuan Shikai. ⸜10㚰3炻121⎟㉵⑩ˤ The precision of Ma’s work in the present portrait bottle represent his finest work from the early 1900s onwards. His genius was in his ability to EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 1.500,- capture in his miniature portraits a perfect reproduction of the photographs Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 750,-

56 57 57 A MOLDED PORCELAIN ‘BUDDHIST Base: Oval convex base with raised foot rim LION AND CUB’ SNUFF BOTTLE, QING Design, marks, school: Jingdezehn kilns DYNASTY Stopper: Rose quartz with onyx platelet Molded and carved porcelain with Height of the bottle with stopper: 8.3 cm. multicolor enamel painting in Famille Rose Width of the mouth: 6 mm. palette Condition: Excellent, with only minor wear China, late 18th to first half of 19th century Provenance: Provenance: Stephen Max Kellen, founder of the American Academy Depiction of a seated Buddhist lion in Berlin; THE ANNA-MARIA AND STEPHEN clutching its cub, delicately painted in vivid KELLEN FOUNDATION, NEW YORK colors. There is another bottle in this sale, which seems to be almost identical to Literature comparison: Bob C. Stevens, this one, but may still be from a different The Collectors Book of Snuff Bottles, mold. The exterior details are almost the Weatherhill, New York, 1980, lot 1007. same, but measurements between certain (for a reclining version of this bottle, points differ by a critical millimeter or two, listed among the “favorites among the which they shouldn’t if they were from the favored”) Bob C. Stevens, The Collectors exact same mold. Also, one is a bit smaller Book of Snuff Bottles, Weatherhill, New than the other, although it is conceivable York, 1980, lot 349. (for an almost that such a variation might be due to the identical bottle, dated to the 18th century, hand fitting of the two halves, to firing from the Neal Hunter collection) Snuff temperature and cooling time. If these Bottles from the Mary & George Bloch bottles indeed come from different molds, Collection: Part IX. Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, it indicates how careful the mold makers November 24th, 2014, lot 180. (for a non- were to maintain the precise details of a enameled version of the subject, dated to popular model in making a new set of Jiaqing period) Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff molds. Other versions are known with no Bottles XI, The Snowy Peaks Collection, lot 56 enameling at all. They all have at some 47. (for a related bottle, but the lion with a A CACARVEDARVE FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN ‘HUGONG’ SNUFF BOTTLE, QING point been attributed to date from the ball instead of a cub, dated to Daoguang) DYNASTYDYNASTY Jiaqing period and exist in sufficiently large CarvedCarved porcelainpo with enamel painting numbers to demonstrate a popular and, 㶭ẋ䰱⼑昞䒟“䋭⫸冯⸤䋭”滣䂇⢢ China,China, 1919th century, likely 1830-1880 possibly, imperial model. ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻㚱ṃ⽖䢐㎵ 㝷㜿伶⚳⬠昊∝⥳Ṣ⎚吪㔯·楔⃳㕗· 䥹⅟ TThehe mmoldedold porcelain bottle well carved to depict Hu Gong with his staff carrying a Shape: Figural Stephen Max Kellen烊䲸䲬⬱⧄· 䐒⇑Ṇ冯 ggourdourd on his back, his garment painted with cherry blossoms in a Famille Verte color Hollowing: Standard ppattern.attern. FFace, hand and feet show fine detail work. The gourd with a pale-yellow Mouth, neck and lip: Mouth succinct to EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 300,- glaglaze.ze. depiction Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 150,-

ShShape: FiguralFig bottle in the shape of Hu Gong HoHollowing:llow Standard 58 MMouth,outh, neck and lip: The mouth is located on top of the gourd, the short neck with A MOLDED PORCELAIN ‘BUDDHIST Design, marks, school: Jingdezehn kilns an eelevatedleva lip LION AND CUB’ SNUFF BOTTLE, Stopper: Glass in imitation of turquoise Base: FFlatl with elevated foot rim QING DYNASTY Height of the bottle with stopper: 7.8 cm. DDesign,esign, marks, school: Jingdezhen kilns Molded and carved porcelain with Width of the mouth: 7 mm. SStopper:toppe Coral cabochon with silvered metal mounting multicolor enamel painting in Famille Condition: Excellent, with only minor HeiHeightght of the bottle with stopper: 8.7 cm. Rose palette wear WidtWidthh oof the mouth: 5 mm. China, late 18th to first half of 19th Provenance: Provenance: Stephen WiWidthdth oof the neck: 10 mm. century Max Kellen, founder of the American ConCondition:diti One very tiny chip to lip of gourd restored to perfection, otherwise perfect Academy in Berlin; THE ANNA-MARIA conditicondition;o the spoon bent to fit inside the bottle Depiction of a seated Buddhist lion AND STEPHEN KELLEN FOUNDATION, ProProvenance:vena Old Austrian private collection, acquired before 1930, thence by descent clutching its cub, delicately painted in NEW YORK vivid colors. There is another bottle in LitLiteratureeratu comparison: Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection: Part this sale, which seems to be almost Literature comparison: Bob C. Stevens, X. SothSotheby’s, JUNE 1st, 2015, HONG KONG, lot 5. SNUFF BOTTLES FROM THE MARY identical to this one, but may still be The Collectors Book of Snuff Bottles, AND GGEORGE BLOCH COLLECTION: Part V. Bonhams, MAY 27th, 2012, HONG KONG, from a different mold. The exterior Weatherhill, New York, 1980, lot 1007. lot 14145.5 Carol Michaelson, ‘The Use of Archaism as a Decorative Motif in Snuff details are almost the same, but (for a reclining version of this bottle, Bottles’,Bottles’ Journal of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, Winter 2000, p. measurements between certain points listed among the “favorites among 16,16, fig. 50. Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff differ by a critical millimeter or two, the favored”) Bob C. Stevens, The Bottles:Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 6, Hong Kong, 2007, no. 1402 which they shouldn’t if they were from Collectors Book of Snuff Bottles, andand 141403. Chinese Snuff Bottles in the collection of Mary and George Bloch, Robert the exact same mold. Also, one is a bit Weatherhill, New York, 1980, lot 349. Kleiner,Kleiner, British Museum Press, London 1995, lot 237, illustrated on the cover smaller than the other, although it is (for an almost identical bottle, dated to ofof thithiss book. (all for an inscribed, pale-yellow version of this motif) An Addicted conceivable that such a variation might the 18th century, from the Neal Hunter Dedication,Dedicat Chinese Snuff Bottles, Christopher Sin’s Collection, Book I, Humphrey K.F. be due to the hand fitting of the two collection) Snuff Bottles from the Mary Hui,Hui, HHongo Kong, lots 253 and 254. (for two bottles of comparable design, yet with halves, to firing temperature and cooling & George Bloch Collection: Part IX. thethe dedepictionp of Li Tieguai) Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury time. If these bottles indeed come from Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, November 24th, of CChinesehin Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 6, Hong Kong, different molds, it indicates how careful 2014, lot 180. (for a non-enameled 2007,2007, nno. 1401. (for a Famille Rose version of the subject, described as ‘possibly the mold makers were to maintain version of the subject, dated to Jiaqing Jinyu,Jinyu, JJingdezhen, 1830-1880) the precise details of a popular model period) Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff in making a new set of molds. Other Bottles XI, The Snowy Peaks Collection, 㶭ẋ䠔⼑㶭ẋ䠔⼑“⢢℔”滣䂇⢢ versions are known with no enameling lot 47. (for a related bottle, but the lion 㚱ṃ⽖仢㎵炻⶚ᾖ墄⬴┬炻℞Ṿ悐↮⑩䚠⬴伶烊⊢⫸晐⢢⼊⻶㚚⳴ℍ䒞ℭ㚱ṃ⽖仢 at all. They all have at some point been with a ball instead of a cub, dated to ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻⤏⛘⇑ 1930⸜⇵岤ℍ炻⭞㕷⁛㈧ attributed to date from the Jiaqing Daoguang) period and exist in sufficiently large numbers to demonstrate a popular and, 㶭ẋ䰱⼑昞䒟“䋭⫸冯⸤䋭”滣䂇⢢ EstimateEstima ġỘ₡ġġEUR 800,- possibly, imperial model. ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻㚱ṃ⽖䢐㎵ StartingStarting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 400,- 㝷㜿伶⚳⬠昊∝⥳Ṣ⎚吪㔯·楔⃳㕗· 䥹⅟ Shape: Figural Stephen Max Kellen烊䲸 䲬 ⬱ ⧄ · 䐒⇑Ṇ冯 Hollowing: Standard ⎚吪㔯·楔⃳㕗· 䥹⅟➢慹㚫 Mouth, neck and lip: Mouth succinct to depiction EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 300,- Base: Oval convex base with raised foot rim Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 150,-

58 59 5959 60 A MOLDEDMOLDED ‘DRAGON’‘DRAGON PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE, A RETICULATED TURQUOISE-GLAZED ‘DRAGON & DAOGUANGDAOGUANG MAMARKRK AAND PERIOD PHOENIX’ PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE MoldedMolded andand carvecarvedd wwhiteh porcelain with transparent glaze Molded and carved porcelain with a reticulated layer in highhigh China,China, DaoguangDaoguang four-characterfour- script mark incised to the relief above an inner bottle, which itself is carved with a basebase andand of thethe period,period 1821-1850 pattern of vertical parallel lines, the outer layer covered withwith transparent monochrome turquoise glaze One sisidede dedecoratedcorated inin high and deep relief with a large scalyscaly dragondragon in mid-flightmid-flig pursuing a flaming pearl, China, Daoguang seal mark and of the period worked in high relief aboveaba a pierced ground of fiery The pierced decoration featuring a dragon and a phoenixx cloudsclouds andand more flames.flame chasing after the flaming pearl amidst billowing clouds andand above symmetrically aligned waves, all beneath two bandsds Shape:Shape: SliSlightlyghtly bulboubulbouss rectangular shape of meander scrolls and ruyi-heads at the neck, the base Hollowing:Hollowing: StandardStandard carved with the four-character seal mark. It is believed thathat Mouth,Mouth, nneckeck aandnd llip:ip: EElongated cylindric neck with such carved porcelain snuff bottles may have been inspiredred symmetricalsymmetrical mouthmouth by their imperial ivory counterparts. Monochrome glazess ofof Base: RRaisedaised oovalval base with flattened, this foot rim varying colors were used to imitate raw materials such ass Design,Design, marks,marks, school:: Jingdezhen kilns cinnabar lacquer, lapis lazuli and turquoise. However, earlyrly Stopper:Stopper: AgateAgate cabochoncaboch examples of ceramic bottles imitating turquoise are datedd HeightHeight of thethe bottlebottle withwi stopper: 6 cm. to the Qianlong period and are usually subtly enameled WidthWidth ofof the mouth:mouth: 6 mm. with black lines. Although molded porcelain bottles in WidthWidth ofof the neck:neck: 12 mm. monochrome colors with dragon and phoenix design wereere Condition:Condition: ExcellentExcellent prevalent during the Jiaqing period, Daoguang mark andd Provenance:Provenance: StephenStephen MaxM Kellen, founder of the American period examples are rare. The motif of a dragon and a AcademyAcademy in BerliBerlin;n; THTHEE ANNA-MARIA AND STEPHEN phoenix, symbolizing emperor and empress, presents thee KELLEN FOUNDATION,FOUNDATION, NEW YORK happy wish for conjugal bliss longfeng chengxiang. Objectsects with this image, such as the present bottle, were highly LiteratureLiterature comparison:comparison: Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works appropriate wedding gifts. of Art.Art. Sotheby’s,Sotheby’s, NEWNEW YORK, March 31st, 2005, lot 461. ((forfor aanothernother bottlebottle fromfrom this group, unmarked, dated Shape: Bulbous ovoid form 11820-1860,820-1860, attributedattributed to Chen Guozhi) FINE CHINESE Hollowing: Standard CCERAMICSERAMICS AND WWORKSOR OF ART. Bonhams, Hong Mouth, neck and lip: Cylindric elongated neck with KKong,ong, JuJunene 4thth, 2015,2015, lotl 8. (for a similar, carved dragon sprawling, raised and slated lip, the top with remains of bottlebottle wiwithth a WanWangg BBingrongin seal mark, dated to circa gilding, small cylindric mouth 1820-1870)1820-1870) BoBobb C. StStevens,e The Collectors Book of Base: Oval glazed base with sharply raised, unglazed footot rimrim SnuffSnuff BottBottles,les, WeatWeatherhill,her New York, 1980, lots 63 and Stopper: Coral cabochon on yellow platelet 265.265. (for(for twtwoo fufurtherrther ‘dragon’‘d snuff bottle examples, in Height of the bottle with stopper: 6.7 cm. yellowish-creamyellowish-cream glaze and in green-glaze, respectively, Width of the mouth: 6 mm. both dated to 1919th cencentury) The Ruth and Carl Barron Width of the neck: 15 mm. CollectionCollecl tion ofof FineFine ChiChinesen Snuff Bottles: Part I. Christies, Condition: Perfect New York, SeptemberSeeptember 16th, 2015, lot 205. (for a turquoise- Provenance: American private collection glazedglazed versionversion of the ssubject) Literature comparison: FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND 忻⃱㫦冯⸜ẋ䘥䒟掌䨢⼓漵滣䂇⢢忻⃱㫦冯⸜ẋ䘥䒟掌䨢 WORKS OF ART. Bonhams, Hong Kong, December 3rd, 2015,015, ⑩䚠㤝⤥⑩䚠㤝⤥ lot 23. A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary andd 㝷㜿伶⚳⬠昊∝⥳Ṣ⎚吪㔯㝷㜿伶⚳⬠昊∝⥳Ṣ⎚ ·楔⃳㕗· 䥹⅟Stephen Max George Bloch Collection, Vol. 6, Arts of the Fire, H. Moss,s, KellenKellen烊䲸 䲬 ⬱⬱⧄ ⧄ · 䐒⇑Ṇ冯⎚吪㔯䐒⇑ ·楔⃳㕗· 䥹⅟➢慹㚫 V. Graham and K. B. Tsang, Hong Kong, 2008, pp.460-463,463, nos.1206 and 1207. The Paul Braga collection, Bonhams,, EstimateEstimateġỘ₡ġġỘ₡ġ EUREUR 300,-30 Hong Kong, November 24th, 2012, lot 39. (all for related StartingStarting pricepriceġ崟㉵₡ġġ崟㉵₡ġ EURE 150,- bottles)

忻⃱㫦⍲⸜ẋ掌䨢曺䵈刚慱“漵沛㇚䎈”滣䂇⢢ ⑩䚠⬴⤥ 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷

EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 500,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 250,-

60 61 61 A FAMILLE ROSE MOLDED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE Molded and carved porcelain in high relief, painted in vivid Famille Rose enamels China, 1800-1850

The body is molded in high relief with a continuous scene of figures in boats, three figures in a sampan on one side and two standing in a skiff on the reverse, the two scenes separated by willow trees growing from rocks, and all against a ground of wind-tossed waves below multi-colored clouds and a band of key fret on the neck.

Shape: Bulbous form Hollowing: Standard Mouth, neck and lip: Cylindric neck, wide mouth Base: Flat oval base Design, marks, school: Imperial, Jingdezehn kilns Stopper: Stained organic material with coral color on a green platelet Height of the bottle with stopper: 5.8 cm. Width of the mouth: 7 mm. Width of the neck: 13 mm. Condition: Neck and foot trimmed, extensive wear, one chip and minor nibbling, overall fair condition 63 Provenance: Old Austrian private collection, acquired before 1930, thence by AN UNUSUALLY LARGE AND FINELY MOLDED ‘HARVEST descent SEASON’ FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE Molded and carved porcelain in high relief, with delicately painted Literature comparison: The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff enamels Bottles: Part I. Christies, New York, September 16th, 2015, lot 318. Fine Chinese China, Qianlong four-character seal script mark painted in iron-red and Ceramics and Works of Art Part I and Part II Including Property from the Arthur possibly late in the period (1780-1796) or early 19th century M. Sackler Collections. Christies, New York, March 24th, 2011, lot 1586. (both for nearly identical bottles) Bottles from this group and period, with a spade shape and a size of 7.3 cm or larger are considered as rare and hence extremely hard to 1800-1850⸜攻䰱⼑滣䂇⢢ find in pristine condition. 柠悐嵛悐㚱仢星炻䢐㎵♜慵炻⯨悐㚱仢㎵ With a continuous scene of boys shown at various forms of farm ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻1930⸜⇵岤ℍ炻⭞ 㕷 ⁛ ㈧ work, using a number of farming tools and equipment, with a farm building and a river shore in the background, both shoulders with EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 200,- trees springing from elaborate rockwork, the top with an array of Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 100,- multicolored clouds. The depiction overall executed with a sheer incredible love to detail and a salient skill of craft.

Shape: Bulbous spade shape 62 Hollowing: Standard A RETICULATED WHITE PORCELAIN bottle to judge whether different Mouth, neck and lip: Short sprawling neck, with slated lips, gilded top ‘BA JIXIANG’ SNUFF BOTTLE exemplars come from the same mold or and wide mouth Crackled creamy-white glaze on molded not. Base: Oval with blue-glazed, raised foot rim, the inner with transparent and carved porcelain; reticulated, double glaze and bearing the mark body, the interior unglazed Shape: Flattened round shape Design, marks, school: Probably imperial, Jingdezehn kilns China, 1790–1820 Hollowing: Standard Stopper: Light apple green jadeite cabochon Mouth, neck and lip: Sprawling neck with Height of the bottle with stopper: 8.5 cm. The outer body molded with a continuous slanted lip and flat, glazed top Height of the bottle without stopper: 7.3 cm. design of Eight Buddhist Emblems on Base: Oval, concave base surrounded by a Width of the mouth: 10 mm. a ground of formalized clouds framed convex foot rim Width of the neck: 21 mm. between a base band of formalized Design, marks, school: Probably Imperial, Condition: Excellent condition with only one tiny chip to the face lingzhi, above a band of raised dots, Jingdezhen kilns of one boy (well visible in the images), minor wear to gilding of lip, and a shoulder design of formalized Stopper: Honey-colored agate otherwise absolutely perfect lingzhi beneath a band of continuous Height of the bottle with stopper: 7.5 cm. Provenance: American private collection leiwen (thunder pattern) with a band of Width of the mouth: 7 mm. raised dots at the upper-neck; all exterior Width of the neck: 19 mm. Literature comparison: The Blair Bequest. Chinese Snuff Bottles from surfaces of the outer body covered with Condition: Two chips and some nibbling the Princeton University Art Museum. Michael C. Hughes. Baltimore glaze. The inner body covered with a thin to lip, further nibbling throughout the 2002, lots 243-303 (for a good general overview on molded porcelain wash of glaze. design, some hairlines, on one shoulder bottles, with lots 247 and 248 being the only ones with a size of 7.3 the mold joint line is visible cm or larger and a spade shape) Bob C. Stevens, The Collectors Book To make the inner body, a flat sheet of Provenance: Old Austrian private of Snuff Bottles, Weatherhill, New York, 1980, lots 271-284. (for still-malleable porcelain was placed into collection, acquired before 1930, thence another overview of bottles from this group) The Victoria and Albert the half-body mold and pressed into it by descent Museum Collection, Helen White, Snuff Bottles from China, London, until it assumed the form. Once both 1992, plates 114 and 115. (for another overview of bottles from this halves were made, the two were joined Literature comparison: THE MARY AND group) Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. Christies, New York, vertically and bonded with slip. The outer GEORGE BLOCH COLLECTION. Bonhams, September 19th, 2013, lot 1614. (for a 7.3 cm bottle from this group, body would then have been made in the Hong Kong, November 23rd, 2010, lot described as ‘Imperial’) A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, H. Moss, same manner, but from two different 48. (for an almost identical bottle, also V. Graham, K. B. Tsang, Vol. 6, Part II, lots 1212, 1213 and 1214. (for molds, since the design is not the same illustrated in Treasury 6, no. 1194) Bob three 7.3 cm bottles from this group, all described as ‘Imperial’ and on each main side. Again, these were put C. Stevens, The Collectors Book of Snuff with Jiaqing marks) together at the narrow sides with slip and Bottles, Weatherhill, New York, 1980, lot fixed by hand to the inner body. Once the 26. (for another, almost identical bottle) ⋩ℓᶾ䲨㛓ㆾ⋩ḅᶾ䲨⇅䰱⼑“䥳㓞⟜㘗”滣䂇⢢ bottle was leather hard, further detailing ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻堡㚱⮷䓟⬑共悐庽⽖仢㎵炻⒯悐䦵㚱䢐㎵ and carving would have been undertaken, 1790–1820⸜攻掌䨢䘥䒟“ℓ⎱䤍”滣䂇⢢ 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷 particularly to remove any trace of the join 䒞⎋ᶨℑ忻⮷仢⎋␴ᶨṃ∫䕽炻䒞幓㚱ᶨ from the exterior, but also to add the finer ṃ∫䕽䳘䲳炻偑悐㚱㖶栗⎗夳↺䲳 EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 500,- details as necessary. Then it remained only ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻1930⸜⇵岤ℍ炻⭞ Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 250,- to glaze and fire it. It should also be noted 㕷⁛㈧ that the additional handwork involved in piercing through the upper body often EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 200,- makes it more difficult with this type of Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 100,-

62 63 64 A FAMILLE-ROSE PORCELAIN PEACH-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY Molded and carved porcelain painted in polychrome enamels China, 19th century

Naturalistically formed and carved to depict a peach with its leaves executed in reticulated manner, delicately painted with polychrome enamels. Most likely Jingdezhen. Ceramics were produced in many parts of China, of course, and there were other main centers of production; but most are well-documented and distinctively different in their paste and usually in their range of glazes and enamels, as well. The two raw materials required for the finest porcelain were conveniently located in different deposits near Jingdezhen, which was the reason for its establishment as China’s main porcelain metropolis since long before the Qing dynasty. According to Rose Kerr, there were some three hundred kilns operating 65 at Jingdezhen during the Daoguang period, and they AN ENAMELED FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN ‘MENG HHAORAN’AORAN’ SSNUFFNUFF produced the vast majority of the high-fired white-paste, BOTTLE, DAOGUANG fine-quality porcelain we see today. A bottle like the Porcelain painted with vivid enamels in slight relief present one, although not typical of the broader range of China, Daoguang four-character seal script mark painted in iron-rediron-red andand ofof Jingdezhen wares, is still likely to have been made there. the period (1821-1850) It is surprising that the peach shape does not occur far more often in porcelain snuff bottles. It was popular Delicately painted in low relief on one side with Meng Haoranaoran ridingriding hishis enough in other materials and is not a difficult form to donkey, followed by an attendant carrying a large sprig of blossomingblossoming make in a two-part mold, so given its obvious symbolism prunus over his right shoulder, the reverse with another aattendant,ttendant, alsoalso onon of longevity, we might expect far more to have been his feet, but carrying a parasol, depicted in a rocky landscapecape with a fence made than appears to be the case. and a tree in the background.

Shape: Peach Shape: Slightly bulbous rectangular shape with rounded shouldersshoulders Hollowing: Standard Hollowing: Standard Mouth, neck and lip: Small cylindric neck with wide Mouth, neck and lip: Cylindric, slightly sprawling neck withth slaslantednted innerinner andand mouth outer lip, smaller mouth Base: None, but an antique carved wooden base has been Base: Oval base with raised this foot rim, the inner bottomm carryingcarrying thethe markmark added Design, marks, school: Jingdezehn kilns Design, marks, school: Jingdezehn kilns Stopper: Light green jade with splashes of emerald Stopper: Green jadeite, carved in the shape of fruits and Height of the bottle with stopper: 6.6 cm. leaves, good spoon Width of the mouth: 6 mm. Height of the bottle with stopper: 8.1 cm. Width of the neck: 16 mm. Width of the mouth: 6 mm. Condition: Excellent condition with one chip to foot rim filledfilled as visiblyvisibbly on Width of the neck: 9 mm. the images Condition: Perfect, the stopper with a chip Provenance: American private collection Provenance: American private collection Literature comparison: Snuff Bottles from the Mary & Literature comparison: Snuff Bottles from the Mary & Georgeeorge BlBlochoch George Bloch Collection: Part VIII. Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, Collection: Part IX. Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, November 24th, 202014,14, lolott 1128.28. May 26th, 2014, lot 1145. (for an almost identical bottle) Snuff Bottles from the Mary & George Bloch Collection: PaPartrt VIVIII.II. SothebSotheby’s,y’s, Hong Kong, May 26th, 2014, lot 1092. FINE CHINESE ART.T. Bonhams,Bonhams, HongHong ⋩ḅᶾ䲨䰱⼑㟫⼊滣䂇⢢ Kong, November 28th, 2011, lot 155. (all for various other DaoDaoguangguang markmark ⑩䚠⸦᷶⬴伶炻䒞味ᶲ㚱ᶨ忻⮷仢⎋ and period Famille Rose bottles) CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES.S. Bonhams,Bonhams, New 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷 York, September 12th, 2016, lot 9139. (for another Daoguanguang markmark andand period Famille Rose bottle with a similar shape) EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 400,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 200,- 忻⃱⸜攻䰱⼑“⬇㴑䃞”滣䂇⢢ ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻嵛悐怲䶋㚱ᶨ⮷仢㎵ 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷

EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 400,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 200,-

64 65 66 A YIXINGYIXING BLUE-GROUNDBLUE-GR ENAMELLED ‘LANDSCAPE’ SNUFFSNUFF BOTTLE,BOTTLE, QINGQI DYNASTY BrownBrown stostonewareneware cocovered with cobalt-blue enamel China,China, 171780-186080-1860

MoldedMolded onon each of thet main sides with a raised circular whitewhite ppanel,anel, ddelicatelyelicate enameled with landscape scenes, one wiwithth a papagodagoda ssurrounded by trees and rocks, the other withwith a horsehorse underu a pine tree, the surrounds of footfoot andand neckneck coveredcovere with blue enamel as well.

Shape:Shape: FlattenedFlattened roundrou shape Hollowing:Hollowing: StanStandarddard Mouth,Mouth, nneckeck aandnd lilip:p Elongated cylindric neck with slightly slantedslanted lip,lip, flat toptop exposinge the naked brown stoneware, cylindriccylindric smasmallll moutmouthh Base:Base: Oval base witwithh raised foot rim exposing the naked brownbrown stonewarestoneware,, ththe inner of the foot with a delicate turquoise-greenturquoise-green glglazeaz 67 Design,Design, marks,marks, school:scho Yixing AN ENAMELLED PORCELAIN ‘QUAILS AND MAGPIES’ SNUFF BOTTLE Stopper:Stopper: RReded cocoralral withw a black platelet Porcelain painted in fine polychrome enamels with intensive colors, in slight HeightHeight of the bottle with stopper: 7.2 cm. relief WidthWidth ofof the mouthmouth: 6 mm. China, 1770-1850, Qianlong four-character script mark painted in blue WidthWidth of the nneck:eck: 114 mm. enamels, either late in the period or first half of 19th century Condition:Condition: SomeSome wearwe to the panels, one tiny chip to neck restoredrestored (well(well visible)visible With a circular panel on each side, one depicting two quails on a mossy bankk Provenance:Provenance: AmAmericanerica private collection with rock work, chrysanthemums below overhanging millet, the other with a garden scene showing two magpies amongst prunus, chrysanthemums, LiteratureLiterature comparisoncompariso : Snuff Bottles from the Mary & bamboo and rock work. The shoulders with leafy flowering scrolls. Accordingg GeorgeGeorge Bloch CoColleCollection:llec Part VIII. Bonhams, Hong Kong, to Humphrey K.F. Hui, the rebus may be interpreted as “To dwell in peace” MayMay 26thth, 2014,2014, lotlot 11139. THE LINDA RIDDELL HOFFMAN and “Double happiness”. COCOLLECTIONLLECTION OFOF CHINESECH SNUFF BOTTLES. Bonhams, New YorYork,k, MaMarchrch 222 nd, 2011, lot 145. FINE CHINESE SNUFF Shape: Slightly bulbous round shape BOTTLES.BOTTLES. Bonhams,Bonhams,m New York, March 20th, 2012, lot 126. Hollowing: Standard The RuthRuth andand CarlCarl BaBarron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Mouth, neck and lip: The sprawling neck with a slightly convex, gilt top BBottles:ottles: PaPartrt IV. CChristies,hri New York, March 15th, 2017 lot Base: Oval shape, deeply curved towards the inside, with a thin foot rim 419.419. TheThe RuthRuth andand CarlC Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Design, marks, school: Attributed to Jingdezhen kilns, possibly imperial waree SnuffSnuff Bottles:Bottles: PPartart I. Christies, New York, September 16th, Stopper: Apple green jade with splashes of emerald 20152015 lotlot 34347.7. (f(foror rerrelatedl Yixing bottles, all with raised Height of the bottle with stopper: 6.8 cm. circularcircular whitewhite panelspanelse on blue ground, all dated in the Width of the mouth: 7 mm. rangerange fromfrom 17801780 toto 1860) Width of the neck: 15 mm. Condition: Three tiny chips restored to perfection, otherwise excellent 㶭ẋ摜啵⼑攳⃱䏢䎭⼑㶭ẋ摜啵⼑攳⃱䏢䎭 “Ⱉ㯜”滣䂇⢢ condition ⯨悐㚱䢐㎵炻柠悐㚱ᶨ嗽⶚ᾖ⽑䘬䳘⽖⮷⎋⯨悐㚱䢐㎵炻柠 悐 㚱ᶨ㚱 Provenance: American private collection 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷 1770-1850⸜攻䰱⼑攳⃱“晨沍”滣䂇⢢ EstimateEstimateġỘ₡ġġġỘ₡ġġEUREUUR 400,- ᶱ嗽⮷仢㎵ẍᾖ⽑⬴┬炻℞Ṿ悐ỵ⑩䚠⬴⤥ StartingStarting ppricericeġ崟㉵₡ġġ崟㉵₡ EUR 200,- 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷

EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 500,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 250,-

66 67 68 A FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN ‘DOVES’ SNUFF BOTTLE,E, IMPERIAL, DAOGUANG MARK & PERIOD Porcelain withth fine enamel painting in slight relief China, Daoguang four-character mark in iron-red seal scriptpt an of the period, 1821-1850

Finely painted with a continuous scene of two pairs of doves amidst orchid plants and bamboo. “The present example belongs to a group of finely paintedd bottles from the Daoguang period which were made in setsets for the Court to distribute as gifts. It is decorated with pairsrs of doves on both sides, although it was not uncommon for some bottles to be painted with doves on one side, and Pekinese dogs on the other. It would appear that the Daoguang Emperor and his consort were fond of doves andnd small dogs, respectively, so the two subjects were popularr on Imperial snuff bottles of the period. According to Geoffrey R. Sayer (Tao Ya or Pottery Refinements, London,n, 1959, p. 123, no. 722), “Cheng Miao [the Daoguang Emperor] was fond of pigeons; his exalted concubine was fond of little dogs. That is why many of the dishes of the period have pictures of these two creatures.” Paired doves,s, like other paired creatures, suggest conjugal bliss. As a rule, one of the creatures is light and one dark, presumablyly to mirror the yin/yang balance. This is certainly one of the more effective and successful decorative designs of the Imperial kilns, with the simplicity of the shapes of the doveses set against the grassy ground.” @ Christies, see literature comparison.

Shape: Compressed spherical form Hollowing: Standard Mouth, neck and lip: Cylindric neck with flat top and symmetric mouth Base: Oval convex base with raised flat foot rim Design, marks, school: Imperial, Jingdezhen Kilns Stopper: Agate with bronze mounting Height of the bottle with stopper: 6.5 cm. Width of the mouth: 7 mm. Width of the neck: 18 mm. Condition: Excellent condition, with a minuscule firing linee to foot rim and minor wear Provenance: Stephen Max Kellen, founder of the Americann Academy in Berlin; THE ANNA-MARIA AND STEPHEN KELLEN FOUNDATION, NEW YORK

Literature comparison: CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES FROM TWO PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTIONS. Bonhams, New York, March 14th, 2016, lot 6001, from the Marcia J. Howard Collection. (for a similar bottle, yet with Pekinese dogs on the reverse) The Meriem Collection Important Chinese Snuff Bottles. Christies, New York, September 19th, 2007, lot 619. (for an almost identical bottle) The J & J Collection. Christies, New York, March 29th, 2006, lot 15. (for a bottle with very similar design) Snuff Bottles. Thee Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, p. 227, no. 348. (for another example decorated with a pair of doves on one side and a pair of Pekinese dogs on the reverse)

忻⃱㫦冯⸜ẋ䘯⭞䰱⼑昞䒟“泧⫸“滣䂇⢢ ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻嵛悐怲䶋㚱ᶨ忻䳘⽖塪䷓炻ṃ⽖䢐㎵ 㝷㜿伶⚳⬠昊∝⥳Ṣ⎚吪㔯·楔⃳㕗· 䥹⅟Stephen Max Kellen烊䲸 䲬 ⬱ ⧄ · 䐒⇑Ṇ冯⎚吪㔯·楔⃳㕗· 䥹⅟➢慹㚫⎚吪 㔯·楔⃳㕗· 䥹⅟

EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 1.000,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 500,-

68 69 69 A TRANSPARENT AND PURE ‘HONEY’ AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE Amber of intense honey-brown color, almost flawless and highly transparent, with only very few inclusions and some scattered crizzling, good patina and outstanding manual surface polish

China, 18th – early 19th century The well-hollowed and therefore extremely light bottle of elegant bulbous-oval shape with cylindric neck and raised, oval foot rim, the slightly crizzled amber of transparent, variegated golden-brown color with scattered darker streaking. The traditional form, combined with the eccentric beauty of the material, distinguishes this bottle as one of the outstanding examples of its type. Much early amber is crizzled, and this trait, like crizzling on glass, is considered a positive factor among collectors, demonstrating the natural effects of time on a delicate material. It is also in excellent, if not unique condition for an early bottle in a material which is extremely vulnerable to the sort of use it would have exposed to, suggesting that early amber bottles must have been in far larger numbers than those surviving would lead to believe.

Shape: Bulbous oval Hollowing: Excellent Mouth, neck and lip: Cylindric, elongated and sprawling neck with flat top and wide mouth Base: Oval with raised and rounded foot rim Stopper: Apple green jadeite, old stained spoon Height of the bottle with stopper: 7 cm. Width of the mouth: 16 mm. Width of the neck: 8 mm. Condition: Perfect Provenance: American private collection, old collector number inscribed to base of bottle

Literature comparison: IMPORTANT CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES FROM THE J&J 70 71 72 COLLECTION. Christies, Hong Kong, April 25th, 2004, lot 851. FINE CHINESE A CARVED MOTHER-OF-PEARL ‘NOBLE A MOTHER-OF-PEARL ‘BUDDHA’S HAND’ A MINIATURE ROOT AMBER ‘PEBBLE’ SNUFF CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART. Bonhams, Hong Kong, May 26th, 2014, lot LADY’ SNUFF BOTTLE, PROBABLY SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY BOTTLE 46. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. Sotheby’s, New York, September GUANGZHOU Craved mother-of-pearl with a nice finish and Natural root amber pebble of opaque, dark-brown 17th,2013, lot 181. The Maxwell Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Robert Mother-of-pearl with natural tripartite nodes, good patina color, with bright shades of ochre, and a good Hall, London 2013, lot 98 and 99. (all for related plain amber snuff bottles) Also good surface polish and elegant, natural luster China, 19th century surface polish compare three bottles of different shapes formed from similar virtually flawless China, 1750-1880 China, 19th century amber in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Snuff Bottles in the Naturalistically carved in the shape of a Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1991, nos. 381-383. Carved in high relief to depict a noble lady in a ‘Buddha’s Hand’ finger citrus accompanied by The opaque material left plain on a flat foot, the traditional dress playing a string instrument, the its leaves. sides slightly flattened to approximate a triangular 㶭ẋ德㖶䲼Ⅸ囄埇滣䂇⢢ plain backside displaying the typical grain of the section while retaining the curved ‘pebble’ shape. ⑩䚠⬴伶 material. Shape: Natural Pebble-forms in amber are relatively rare and 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷, 䒞⸽⎗夳冲啷䶐嘇⍲㍷徘 Hollowing: Good compare well with those in jade. As Schuyler Shape: Bulbous oval shape Mouth, neck and lip: Tiny cylindric mouth Cammann notes in Miniature Art from Old China, EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 800,- Hollowing: Fairly hollowed Base: None, bottle does not stand Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Montclair Art Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 400,- Mouth, neck and lip: Cylindric elongated neck Stopper: Carved in the shape of a red coral Museum, p.48, “Chinese aesthetes in Old Beijing with wide mouth and flat top tendril, possibly matching would ride their rickshaws, holding in one hand Base: Oval raised and convex small base Height of the bottle with stopper: 6 cm. a piece of amber and in the other a piece of Design, marks, school: Probably Guangzhou Width of the mouth: mm. jade, obviously enjoying the contrasting tactile school Condition: Some abrasions to mother-of-pearl, sensations”. Stopper: Black jade with dark grey streaks natural stress lines Height of the bottle with stopper: 7.3 cm. Provenance: American private collection Shape: Natural pebble Width of the mouth: 7 mm. Hollowing: Excellent Width of the neck: 13 mm. Literature comparison: Hugh Moss, Chinese Mouth, neck and lip: Flattened lip and cylindric Condition: Excellent, some wear Snuff Bottles: From the Collection of the mouth Provenance: American private collection Rt. Hon. The Marquess of Exeter, K.C.M.G., Base: Flat oval, bottle does stand London, 1974, lots 0.53, 0.55 and 0.56. (for Stopper: Pink tourmaline cabochon Literature comparison: The Ruth and Carl Barron several examples of figural mother-of-pearl Height of the bottle with stopper: 4.2 cm. Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part bottles) Width of the mouth: 5 mm. II. Christies, New York, March 16th, 2016, lot Condition: Excellent, with some natural abrasion 574. (for a mother-of-pearl bottle attributed ⋩ḅᶾ䲨䎈㭵居晽“ἃㇳ”滣䂇⢢ Provenance: UK private collection to the same school) Hugh Moss, Chinese Snuff ⯨悐冒䃞䢐㎵炻⣑䃞⡻≃䲳 Bottles: From the Collection of the Rt. Hon. The 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷 Literature comparison: SNUFF BOTTLES FROM THE Marquess of Exeter, K.C.M.G., London, 1974, MARY AND GEORGE BLOCH COLLECTION, Part lots 0.53, 0.55 and 0.56. (for several examples EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 200,- I. Bonhams, Hong Kong, May 28th, 2010, lot 136. of figural mother-of-pearl bottles) The Chester Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 100,- (for an inscribed amber pebble bottle; note the Beatty Library, Dublin, Chinese Snuff Bottles, interesting commentary-section of the catalogue Michael C. Hughes, The International Chinese entry, lively describing how plain amber pebble Snuff Bottle Society, 2009, lot 171. (for an bottles such as the present one may later have interesting, inscribed mother-of-pearl bottle) been embellished with poem inscriptions in the popular literati circles of the nineteenth century) 1750-1880⸜攻䎈㭵居⼓“屜⨎”滣䂇⢢ ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻䦵㚱壒刚 㶭ẋ堾䍵䏍䍨滣䂇⢢ 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷 ⑩䚠㤝⤥, 冒䃞䢐㎵ 劙⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷 EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 200,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 100,- EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 200,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 100,-

70 71 73 74 A CARVEDCARVED ‘DEPARTING‘DEPARTI FOR THE MARKET’ IVORY A TSUDA FAMILY LAC-BURGAUTÉ ‘BUTTERFLY’ SNUFFSNUFF BBOTTLEOTTLE SNUFF BOTTLE Ivory,Ivory, carvedcarved andand incisedincise in high and deep relief, with Metal with lacquer coating and various inlays remaindersremainders ofof oldold popolychromely painting, good patina Japan, Kyoto, before 1920 Japan,Japan, ca,ca, 1850-19201850-1920 In the shape of a formalized butterfly, inlaid with gold CarvedCarved in hhighigh rereliefllief wwith a circumferential depiction of two and silver foil, abalone shell of various colors, painted boysboys passingpassing throuthroughgh a gate with their fully laden mules, in gold lacquer, gold- and silver-lacquer spray, and one of them aadditionallydditiona carrying two baskets suspended with some areas of speckling of abalone shell, all on on a verticalverticala rod.rod. InIn thethe background we find intricately a black lacquer ground, to depict a scholar resting on carvedcarved rockworkrockwk ork andand a pine tree surrounded by clouds. a river shore, surrounded by trees, mountains, clouds, Foot rim,rim, shouldersshoulders andan neck show various neatly incised rockwork, boats and a pagoda, the reverse with flying borders.borders. cranes above a variety of lake shore plants, surrounded ThisThis bottlebottle fitsfits inintoto a broaderb group of mostly larger snuff by rocks, clouds and a butterfly, one crane carrying bottlesbottles wiwithth coconsiderablensidera depth of carving that generally a mistletoe in his beak. The narrow sides inlaid with leavesleaves some elementselements of the design free standing and formalized flower heads, the neck and matching mostmost in prominentprominent relief.reli The carving is usually a virtuoso stopper with a band of dots of abalone shell, all performanceperformance of bbusyusy sscenes with human figures at various between bands of silver foil. pursuitspuru suiuits inn settingssettings withwit quite a bit of architectural detail. Lac-Burgauté was developed as an art form mainly MostMost ofof thethe bottlebottless are accompanied by matching stoppers, between the Song and the late Ming, but was taken up most of whichwhich are probablypro the original ones. It may be by Japanese artists later; it was also produced for both that at least some of themth were made in the south of the Japanese and the Chinese market in the Ryukyu China,China, atat Guangzhou,Guangzhou, Shanghai, or elsewhere, during the Islands off the east coast of China. The more colorful secondsecond halfhalf of the QingQin dynasty for the collectors’ market. shell is derived mostly from the abalone (Haliotis family, However,However, closercloseser studystudy of stylistic features suggests that the among which is Haliotis Japonica), also known as ‘sea- vastvast majoritymajority wwereere mamaded in Japan between 1854 and about shell ear’ because of its shape. 1920.1920. There are two main groups of butterfly-shaped snuff ThereThere is oneone clueclue thatthat thist particular bottle is Japanese, bottles. The first follows this general shape, with whichwhich is ththee seseparateparate neck,n fitted to the body after the the inlay depicting the real insect, albeit abstracted, hollowing hahhadd beenbeen achievedac through an ample hole in with two butterflies, one on each side, each shown the top.top. CoConstructionnstrucu tion in sections was a standard Japanese with the upper body spread out like a specimen. The method,method, greatlygreatly facilitatingfacilita the hollowing process. second is of butterfly shape, but the decoration is entirely unrelated to the insect, such as is the case with Shape:Shape: BulbousBulbous ccylindricylindr shape present bottle. The likely evolution is that those with Hollowing:Hollowing: StStandardandard the butterfly form and decoration preceded those with Mouth,Mouth, nneckeck aandnd lillip:p: SSprawling neck, flat top other decoration. A third group came later, perhaps Base:Base: OvOOvalal babasese wiwiththh eelevated flat foot rim in the 1920–1950 period, where the butterfly shape is Stopper:Stopper: MatchingMatching iivoryvo stopper carved in the classic also embellished with relief decoration of various other BeijingBeijing shshapeapep materials in the Tsuda style, but without Lac-Burgauté HeightHeight of thethe bottlebottle withw stopper: 7.8 cm. work; this is usually of second-rate quality and by the WidthWidi th of thethe mouth:mouth: 7 mm. anonymous lesser workshops producing embellished WidthWidth of thethe neck:neck: 202 mm. works. Condition:Condition: GoodGoood condition,condn with some wear, the base with The base with a painted, apocryphal four-character a fewfew scratchesscratches,, onn nicknin c at the inner lip Qianlong mark in seal script. Provenance:Provenance: UK pprivaterivate collection Shape: Butterfly form LiteratureLiterature comparison:comparison: Chinese Art. Sotheby’s, Hong Hollowing: Standard Kong,Kong, DDecemberecember 2ndnd, 2016, lot 881. (for another Japanese Mouth, neck and lip: Shorty cylindric neck, with bare iivoryvory bottlebottle)) BBobob C. SStevens, The Collectors Book of Snuff metal lip and flat top, large mouth BottlesBottles,, WeatherhillWeatherhill,, New York, 1980, lots 762 -798. (for a Base: Flat, with a naturalistic double-foot made of comcomprehensiveprehensive overviewoverv of ivory snuff bottles of all sorts elements of the butterfly form aandnd pperiods)eriods)d Design, marks, school: Tsuda family, Kyoto, Japan, 1890-1941 11850-1920850-1920⸜⸜攻㖍㛔尉䈁晽攻㖍㛔尉 “Ḵ慴㹅”滣䂇⢢ Stopper: Matching stopper ⑩⑩䚠列⤥炻䦵㚱䢐㎵炻⸽悐㚱∫䕽炻ℭ⒯↎㚱仢⎋䚠列⤥炻䦵㚱䢐㎵炻 Height of the bottle with stopper: 7 cm. 劙劙⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷 Width of the mouth: 6 mm. Width of the neck: 10 mm. EEstimatestimateġỘ₡ġġỘ₡ġ EUR 600,- Condition: Excellent, with only minor wear StartStartinging prpriceiceġ崟㉵₡ġġ崟㉵₡ġ EUR 300,- Provenance: American private collection, old collector labe “106” near base Literature comparison: Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 7, part 2, Hong Kong, 2007, no. 1707. FINE CHINESE ART. Bonhams, Hong Kong, November 28th, 2011, lot 147. (both for a butterfly bottle from the first main group, as a comparison with the present bottle, which is from the second main group)

1920⸜⇵⇞㖍㛔㳍䓘⭞㕷慹Ⱄ偶湹㺮⳴坢摧圜圞⼊“Ⱉ 㯜”滣䂇⢢ ⑩䚠㤝⤥, 堡㚱ᶨ溆庽⽖䢐㎵ 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷, 忚⸽⹏悐㚱啷⭞㧁䯥“106”

EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 600,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 300,-

72 73 75 AN ENAMEL ON COPPER ‘SCHOLARS’ SNUFF BOTTLE, QIANLONG MARK & PERIOD The Copper body painted with multicolored enamels on white groundd China, Qianlong four-character mark painted in blue regular script onn the white base and of the period (1736-1795)

Painted in pleasant-colored enamels with a conforming spade-shapedd reserve to either of its main sides, framing scholars in a landscape surrounded by pine trees and rocks, against a yellow enameled ground filled with leafy chrysanthemum blossoms to the narrow sides. The neck with two minuscule circumferential borders, the basee surrounded by a white lining.

Shape: Flattened pear shape Hollowing: Standard Mouth, neck and lip: Elongated small and cylindric neck with a very large mouth, the lip sprawling and slanted Base: Raised, broad and flat foot rim, slightly inverted center with white enameling, bearing the mark Design, marks, school: Canton school Stopper: Blue lapis with white and grey streaks, carved with a tiny knob on top Height of the bottle with stopper: 5.7 cm. Width of the mouth: 8 mm. Width of the neck: 11 mm. Condition: Good condition with two small chips to chrysanthemum border restored Provenance: Old Austrian private collection, acquired before 1930, thence by descent

Literature comparison: CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES FROM THE COLLECTION OF BARBARA AND MARVIN DICKER. Bonhams, New York, March 16th, 2015, lot 2000. (for a similar bottle, also mark and period of Qianlong) The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, Helen White, Snuff Bottles from China, London, 1992, plates 129, lott 1. (for another bottle from this group)

Ḧ昮㫦⍲⸜ẋ戭偶䏢䎭⼑“㔯⢓”滣䂇⢢ ⑩䚠列⤥炻卲剙䲳㚱ℑ嗽ᾖ⽑忶䘬⮷仢㎵ ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻1930⸜⇵岤ℍ炻⭞ 㕷 ⁛ ㈧

EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 1.000,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 500,-

74 75 76 78 A BLUE CLOISONNE ‘DRAGON’ SNUFF Literature comparison: Bob C. Stevens, AN CLOISONNE ‘STILL LIFE’ SNUFF Provenance: Old Austrian private BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY The Collectors Book of Snuff Bottles, BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY collection, acquired before 1930, thence Cloisonné enamels on copper body Weatherhill, New York, 1980, lot lots Cloisonné enamels on copper body by descent, thence by descent, collector China, 1820-1920 933-942. (for an overview on various China, 1820-1920 inscription “TO” to bottom cloisonné bottles, lot 938 also depicting The heart-shaped bronze bottle with a dragon) The heart-shaped bronze bottle with Literature comparison: Bob C. Stevens, circumferential cloisonné work depicting circumferential cloisonné work depicting The Collectors Book of Snuff Bottles, two round medallions within a double- 㶭ẋ㘗㲘啵“漵䲳”滣䂇⢢ two round medallions within a double- Weatherhill, New York, 1980, lot lots circle, one on each side, both with a ⑩䚠㤝⤥, ⊭㻧 circle, one on each side, both with a still 933-942. (for an overview on various five-clawed imperial dragon in chase of ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻1930⸜⇵岤ℍ炻⭞ 㕷 life of blooming chrysanthemum and cloisonné bottles, lot 938 also depicting the flaming pearl. The shoulders with a ⁛㈧, 䒞⸽㚱啷⭞㍷徘“TO”⫿㧋 peonies, with their tendrils and leaves, a dragon) leafy chrysanthemum design, surrounded springing from a rock. The shoulders by vines, on a classic deep-blue ground. EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 300,- with a leafy chrysanthemum design, 㶭ẋ㘗㲘啵攳⃱“⭴屜䈉ᷡ”滣䂇⢢ The neck with a ruyi- and a wave-pattern Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 150,- surrounded by vines, on an iron-red ⑩䚠㤝⤥, 侩⊭㻧炻ℑ嗽⮷䡽䡘 border. ground. The neck with a ruyi- and a ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻1930⸜⇵岤ℍ炻⭞ 㕷 wave-pattern border. ⁛㈧, 䒞⸽㚱啷⭞㍷徘“TO”⫿㧋 Shape: Heart form Hollowing: Standard Shape: Heart form EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 300,- Mouth, neck and lip: Short cylindric neck Hollowing: Standard Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 150,- with distinct, bare lip and flat top Mouth, neck and lip: Short cylindric neck Base: Oval, with raised bare bronze foot with distinct, bare lip and flat top rim, the inner filled with white enamel Base: Oval, with raised bare bronze foot Stopper: Green aventurine, carved in the rim, the inner filled with white enamel shape of a know Stopper: Red glass in imitation of coral Height of the bottle with stopper: 6.9 Height of the bottle with stopper: 6.9 cm. cm. Width of the mouth: 5 mm. Width of the mouth: 7 mm. Width of the neck: 14 mm. Width of the neck: 14 mm. Condition: Excellent, old patina Condition: Excellent, old patina, two tiny Provenance: Old Austrian private nibbles collection, acquired before 1930, thence by descent, collector inscription “TO” to bottom

77 79 AN IRON-RED CLOISONNE ‘DRAGON’ Literature comparison: Bob C. Stevens, AN CLOISONNE ‘MILLE FLEURS’ Provenance: Old Austrian private SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY The Collectors Book of Snuff Bottles, SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY collection, acquired before 1930, thence Cloisonné enamels on copper body Weatherhill, New York, 1980, lot lots Cloisonné enamels on copper body by descent, thence by descent, collector China, 1820-1920 933-942. (for an overview on various China, 1820-1920 inscription “TO” to bottom The heart-shaped bronze bottle with cloisonné bottles, lot 938 also depicting circumferential cloisonné work depicting a dragon) The heart-shaped bronze bottle with Literature comparison: Hugh Moss, Victor two round medallions within a double- circumferential cloisonné work depicting Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury circle, one on each side, both with a 㶭ẋ㘗㲘啵攳⃱“Ḽ䇒漵䲳”滣䂇⢢ a ‘mille fiori’ ore ‘mille fleurs’ design, of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and five-clawed imperial dragon in full-frontal ⑩䚠㤝⤥, 侩⊭㻧炻ᶨ嗽⮷䡽䡘 consisting of a variety of flowers such as George Bloch Collection, vol. 6, part view and in chase of the flaming pearl. ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻1930⸜⇵岤ℍ炻⭞ peonies, chrysanthemum, and several 1, Hong Kong, 2007, no. 1118. (for a The shoulders with a chrysanthemum 㕷⁛㈧ others, surrounded by their leaves and cloisonné bottle with the same subject, design, surrounded by vines, on an iron- tendrils. The neck with a ruyi- and two dated to 1760-1799; interestingly, the red ground. The neck with a ruyi- and a EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 300,- wave-pattern borders. inner of the base of this bottle is similar wave-pattern border. Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 150,- to the one presented) FINE CHINESE ART. Shape: Heart form Shape: Heart form Bonhams, Hong Kong, November 28th, Hollowing: Standard Hollowing: Standard 2011, lot 28. (for sale of the same bottle) Mouth, neck and lip: Short cylindric neck Mouth, neck and lip: Short cylindric neck with distinct, bare lip and flat top with distinct, bare lip and flat top 㶭ẋ㘗㲘啵“拎䴱剙⋱䲳”滣䂇⢢ Base: Oval, with raised bare bronze foot Base: Oval, with raised bare bronze foot ⑩䚠㤝⤥, 侩⊭㻧炻⸦嗽墥ἄ㗪䓊䓇䘬 rim, the inner flat and in bare bronze rim, the inner filled with white enamel ⮷㯋㲉 Stopper: Emerald green jade cabochon Stopper: Red glass in imitation of amber ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻1930⸜⇵岤ℍ炻⭞ with neatly incised, gilt bronze stopper Height of the bottle with stopper: 6.9 cm. 㕷⁛㈧, 䒞⸽㚱啷⭞㍷徘“TO”⫿㧋 and bronze spoon Width of the mouth: 7 mm. Height of the bottle with stopper: 6.9 Width of the neck: 14 mm. EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 300,- cm. Condition: Excellent, old patina, few tiny Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 150,- Width of the mouth: 7 mm. old air bubbles Width of the neck: 14 mm. Condition: Excellent, old patina, one tiny nibble Provenance: Old Austrian private collection, acquired before 1930, thence by descent

76 77 80 81 AN ENAMELENAMEL ONO COPPER ‘PLAYFUL A CINNABAR LACQUERR ‘‘SCHOLARSSCHOLARS BOYS’BOYS’ SNUFFSNUFF BOTTLE,B CANTON AND ATTENDANTS’ SNUFFNUFF BOTTLBOTTLE,E, SCHOOLSCHOOL QING WhiteWhite enamel oon a copper body, painted Carved cinnabar lacquer in highhigh reliefrelief on a withwith polychromepolychrom enamels copper body China,China, 19thth centurycent China, 18th - 19th centuryy

Delicately paintedpaint with three playing The heart-shaped and slightlyightly comcompressedpressed boys,boys, plplayingaying inin a garden, with rocks, body rising to a gently flaredared neck,neck, palmspalms andand pinespines as well as a wooden intricately carved on bothh sisidesdes wiwithth a fencefence in tthehe babackground.c The neck with a rocky landscape, featuringng an ololdd sage wiwithth circumferentialcircumferential meander- and a palm-leaf a young attendant and twowo scholarsscholars withwith a border.border. servant, on lozenge and meandermeander grounds,grounds, with a stylized chrysanthemumhemum lappetslappets Shape:Shape: FlattenedFlattene pear shape border surrounding the base,base, anandd vavariousrious Hollowing:Hollowing: StStandardan raised borders at the shouldersoulders andand neck,neck, Mouth,Mouth, necneckk anand lip: Elongated tapered the exposed foot rim andd liplip revealingrevealing thethe neckneck withwith babarere copper lip, slanted, flat top copper interior. andand smallsmall mouthmout Base:Base: OvaOvall witwithh raised, bare bronze flat Shape: Heart shape foot rim,rim, the innerinn in white enamel Hollowing: Standard Design,Design, marks,marks, school: Canton School Mouth, neck and lip: Cylindricindric nneckeck wiwithth Stopper:Stopper: ReRedd glglass in imitation of coral flat top, the mouth not eexactlyxactly centricentricc HeightHeight of thethe bottlebo with stopper: 6.9 cm. Base: Oval with raised footoot rim WidthWidth of ththee mmouth: 5 mm. Stopper: Amethyst WidthWidth of ththee neneck: 13 mm. Height of the bottle withh stopper:stopper: 7.67.6 cm. Condition:Condition: ExcellentExce Width of the mouth: 6 mm. Provenance:Provenance: OldOld Austrian private Width of the neck: 17 mm.m.m. collection, acquiredacqu before 1930, thence Condition: Three tiny, hardlyardly visiblevisible chips,chips, byby descent,descent, thencethe by descent, collector some minuscule nibbling,g, old wear,wear, overalloverall numbernumbber “3033”“3033” inscribed to bottom good condition Provenance: French privateate collecticollectionon 㶭ẋ⺋㜙戭偶䏢䎭㶭ẋ⺋㜙戭偶䏢 “⫘㇗”滣䂇⢢ ⑩䚠㤝⤥⑩䚠㤝⤥ Literature comparison: Thehe CompCompletelete ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞 1930⸜⇵岤ℍ炻⭞ 㕷 ⁛ Collection of Treasures of thethe PalacePalace ㈧, 䒞䒞⸽㚱啷⭞䶐嘇⸽㚱啷⭞䶐 “3033”⫿㧋 Museum 47, Snuff Bottles,es, HHongong KKong,ong, 2003, p.256, pl.393. (forr a cacarvedrved ccinnabarinnabar EstimateEstimateġỘ₡ġġỘ₡ġ EUR 200,- lacquer snuff bottle withh a similarsimilar design)design) StartiStartingng ppricericeġ崟㉵₡ġġ崟 EUR 100,- THE PAUL BRAGA COLLECTIONECTION OF SNUFF BOTTLES. Bonhams,ms, HongHong Kong,Kong, November 24th, 2012, lott 1101.01. (f(foror a vveryery similar bottle, dated 1770-1830)0-1830) TheThe Au Hang Collection of Chineseese SnuffSnuff Bottles,Bottles, Hong Kong 1993, lot 221.1. ((forfor a rerelatedlated cinnabar lacquer bottle, dateddated 1800-1900)1800-1900)

㶭ẋ晽㛙㺮“㔯⢓ἵ侭“滣䂇⢢滣䂇⢢ ᶱ忻⸦᷶ᶵ⎗夳䘬⮷塪䲳炻㚱䢐㎵⍲䡽䡘炻䲳炻㚱 䢐㎵⍲䡽䡘炻 㔜橼⑩䚠列⤥ 㱽⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷

EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 400,-,- Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEURR 20200,-0,-

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