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A MOULDED PORCELAIN 'BUDDHIST LION' SNUFF BOTTLE QING DYNASTY, JIAQING PERIOD
Estimate
14,000 - 20,000 HKD
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Description
- porcelain
together with a watercolour illustration by Peter Suart
Provenance
Belfort Collection, 1986.
Exhibited
Très précieuses tabatières chinoises: Collection rassemblée par Maître Viviane Jutheau, L'Arcade Chaumet, Paris, 1982, p. 23, no. 35.
Literature
Viviane Jutheau, Guide du collectionneur de tabatières chinoises, Paris, 1980, p. 91.
Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 6, Hong Kong, 2007, no. 1198.
Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 6, Hong Kong, 2007, no. 1198.
Condition
Small chips made up to one ear left side of upper-lip, backbone near tail and tip of the ribbon. Small chip to the first raised bump along the backbone.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
The construction is the same as for Sale 5, lot 132. These two reclining beasts seem identical to each other, but they may still be from different moulds. The exterior details are uncannily similar, but measurements between certain points differ by a critical millimetre or two, which they shouldn’t if they were from the same mould. Also, one is fatter in the rear haunches than the other, although it is conceivable that such a variation might be due to the hand fitting of the two halves. If they are from different moulds, it indicates how careful the mould makers were to maintain the precise details of a popular model in making a new set of moulds.
Other versions are known with overall enamelling. They all appear to date from the Jiaqing period and exist in sufficiently large numbers to demonstrate a popular and, probably, imperial model.
This reclining lion is also found in a coloured version. For examples representing the full range of possibilities, see the commentary to this and no. 1199 in Treasury 6.