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A SAPPHIRE-BLUE OVERLAY WHITE GLASS ‘PEONY AND BUTTERFLIES’ SNUFF BOTTLE QIANLONG MARK AND PERIOD
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
- jade
of baluster form, carved through the blue layer to the opaque milky-white ground with a continuous scene of butterflies hovering around large peony blossoms borne on branches growing from behind a rock, the base incised with four-character wheel-cut mark, stopper (2)
Provenance
Eugene Sung, New York, 1974.
Condition
In overall good condition with wear typical of age and use. With scattered minute nicks to the blue glass overlay, especially at the edges of leaves and around the foot ring.
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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE 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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The present lot belongs to a group of carved overlay glass snuff bottles attributed to the Imperial glassworks, Beijing, believed to have been produced during the second half of the Qianlong period. A number of similar bottles are preserved in the Qing court collections in both Palace Museums. See a very similar example in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, exhibited in Lifting the Spirit and Body: The Art and Culture of Snuff Bottles, Taipei, 2012, cat. no. II-063, and another preserved in Beijing, illustrated in Snuff Bottles. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2003, pl. 33. Similar Qianlong mark and period bottles from The Mary and George Bloch Collection have sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 24th November 2014, lot 160 and 26th May 2014, lot 1051.