A turquoise-ground Yixing stoneware 'landscape' snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, Daoguang period | 清道光 宜興紫砂松綠釉開光堆料山水圖鼻煙壺

Christopher Sin, Humphrey Hui, and Po Ming Kwong, eds, A Congregation of Snuff Bottle Connoisseurs: An Exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1996, cat. no. 128.

Tina Yee-wan Pang ed., Heavenly Creations, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collections of Anthony Cheung, Humphrey Hui, Po-ming Kwong, Tuyet Nguyet and Christopher Sin, University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2005, cat. no. 181.

冼祖謙、許建勳及鄺溥銘編，《壺趣集慶：中國鼻煙壺展》，徐氏藝術館，香港，1996年，編號128

彭綺雲編，《天地造化：鍾棋偉、許建勳、鄺溥銘、雪月及冼祖謙藏中國鼻煙壺》，香港大學美術博物館，香港，2005年，編號181

Robert Kleiner, 'The Tuyet Nguyet Collection of Snuff Bottles and Saucers', Arts of Asia, November-December 1998, no. 60.

Robert Kleiner，〈雪月藏鼻煙壺及鼻煙碟〉，《亞洲藝術》，1998年11/12月，編號60

Yixing snuff bottles flourished from the Jiaqing reign to the end of the 19th century, but the finest were arguably made during the Jiaqing and Daoguang period, all from a single workshop, perhaps from a single hand.

The current bottle is slip-decorated against an enamelled ground with two minuscule figures deep in conversation on the bridge. The depiction imbues the quiet landscape scene with liveliness, exhibiting astounding control and technique by the artist.