Snuff Bottles from the Christopher Sin Collection
A relief-decorated famille-rose-enameled opaque white glass 'cat and butterfly' snuff bottle, Qing dynasty | 清 料胎畫琺瑯雕耄耋圖鼻烟壺 《古月軒》款
Auction Closed
March 20, 05:40 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
the base with a three-character Guyuexuan mark in iron red, stopper (2)
Height 2⅝ in., 6.7 cm
A Congregation of Snuff Bottle Connoisseurs: An Exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1996, cover and cat. no. 78.
Heavenly Creations, University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2005, cat. no. 104.
展覽：
《壺趣集慶：中國鼻煙壺展》，徐氏藝術館，香港，1996年，封面及編號78
《天地造化》，香港大學美術博物館，香港，2005年，編號104
JICSBS, Summer 1997, front cover.
Humphrey Hui, An Addicted Dedication: Chinese Snuff bottles Christopher Sin's Collection, vol. I, Hong Kong, 2013, pl. 168.
出版：
《國際中國鼻煙壺協會學術期刊》，1997年夏季刊，封面
許建勳，《An Addicted Dedication: Chinese Snuff bottles Christopher Sin's Collection》，卷一，香港，2013年，圖版168
The present bottle belongs to a group that share similar design elements, but are all ultimately unique. The intricately enameled scene of a cat and butterfly has the auspicious connotation for living to the age of eighty or longevity more broadly, while the lotus flowers symbolize purity of life. Another enameled glass ‘quails’ snuff bottle with guyue xuan mark from the Joe Grimberg Collection was sold in these rooms, 14th September 2010, lot 11. See also the enameled glass ‘quails’ snuff bottle offered in this sale, lot 229, where the significance of the guyue xuan mark is explored.