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拍品 182
  • 182

1770-1880年 宜興紫砂刻詩句鼻煙壺 《仲吉》款

估價
7,000 - 9,000 USD
招標截止

描述

  • ceramic
of flattened faceted ovoid shape with a tall neck and short foot, one side carved with seven characters reading yue ming lin xia mei ren lai, followed by the signature Zhongji

來源

Arthur Gadsby 收藏
香港蘇富比1991年5月2日,拍品編號133
Rachelle R. Holden 收藏
紐約佳士得2000年3月21日,拍品編號24

Condition

Minor scratches to the face and back of the piece, but otherwise in good condition.
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拍品資料及來源

The inscription may be translated as 'beneath the moonlight, a beauty comes from the forest'.

Bottles of similar shape, but with slip decoration, are illustrated in Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, vol. I., New York, 1993, no. 252, and in Bob C. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1980, no. 345.