9th Mar, 2023 13:00

TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism

 
Lot 55
 

55

A SMALL JASPER-GREEN FACETED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, 18TH CENTURY
十八世紀碧玉綠切面小鼻煙壺,御用工坊

Sold for €3,220

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Lot details

China, Beijing, 1700-1780. Of compressed horizontal ovoid form with octagonal profile, surmounted by a cylindrical neck with flat lip, and a flat foot, the two main sides with raised, faceted oval panels surrounded by further faceting. The glass of an opaque jasper-turquoise color with few yellow streaks around the base.

Provenance
: Guwan Cheng, Beijing, November 2006, by repute excavated from a tomb. Hugh Moss Ltd., Hong Kong, 2010. An English private collector of Snuff Bottles, acquired from the above. A copy of the original invoice from Hugh Moss Ltd., Hong Kong, dated 11 October 2010, dating the piece to 1700-1780, noting the tomb excavation, and stating a purchase price of USD 5,400 (or approx. EUR 6,900 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing), accompanies this lot. Hugh Moss (b. 1943) is an author, dealer, artist, lifelong collector, and enthusiast of Chinese art, and foremost authority on Chinese snuff bottles.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and manufacturing irregularities, including open bubbles, few nibbles to the edges and light surface scratches.

Stopper: Mother-of-pearl with gilt bronze collar
Weight: 20.7 g
Dimensions: Height incl. stopper 40 mm, Diameter neck 12 mm and mouth 7 mm

With a padded silk box. (2)

The present snuff bottle belongs to a series of octagonal faceted snuff bottles made at the court for distribution by the Qing Emperors as gifts to officials, scholars, and other worthies on specific occasions each year. The faceting arose out of the influence of the Bavarian Kilian Stumpf who set up the Imperial Glassworks in 1696 and became a popular form of decoration for glass bottles and other wares throughout the earlier Qing dynasty. Because they were frequently distributed as gifts, the bottles became symbols of honor and were frequently buried with Qing snuff-takers.

This bottle is typical of the smaller-sized range for this form. The mouth is well within the range of early wide mouths on glass bottles. The jasper green color, perhaps inspired by the natural stone, is among the rarer ones found in Palace-faceted octagonal snuff bottles of the 18th century and does not appear to have been produced at all during the 19th century.

Expert’s note: According to Hugh Moss, this bottle was excavated from a tomb near Beijing in the early 2000s. Many such tombs have been uncovered in the past decades due to the expansion of Beijing and massive building programs such as the 2008 Olympics, and thus a number of glass snuff bottles (along with many other types of precious objects) were discovered. The glass snuff bottles typically show obvious signs of burial as they are affected by contact with damp soil for so long. They are, as a rule, polished after coming out of the tomb, having lost much of their surface gloss from long burial, but in this case traces of the original iridescence have remained intact. The foot and lip, however, were wisely left cleaned but unpolished so as not to obscure the original extent of wear on the bottle from before it was buried.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 26 May 2013, lot 236
Price: HKD 106,250 or approx. EUR 16,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A facetted turquoise-green glass snuff bottle, imperial glassworks, Qing dynasty, 18th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and similarly small size (36 mm). Note the slightly paler color of the glass.



十八世紀碧玉綠切面小鼻煙壺,御用工坊
中國,北京,1700-1780。八角形切面,平口,圓柱形頸部和扁平足,兩個主要側面帶有多面橢圓形面,素面。不透明的碧玉綠松石色玻璃,底部周圍有幾條黃色條紋。

來源:北京古玩城,2006年11月,據説來自墓葬挖掘;香港Hugh Moss Ltd.藝廊,2010年;一個英國私人鼻煙壺收藏傢,購於上述藝廊。隨附香港Hugh Moss Ltd.藝廊2010年10月11日發票複印件,斷代為1700-1780年,也記錄為墓葬出土,價格 USD 5,400 (或 EUR 6,900 ,根據通貨膨脹)。Hugh Moss (出生於1943) 是一位作家、商人、藝術家和中國藝術忠實的收藏家,特別是中國鼻煙壺。
品相:狀況極佳,有輕微磨損和製造不規則,包括開口氣泡、邊緣有少量磕損和表面輕微的划痕。

壺蓋:貝母鑲鎏金銅片。
重量:20.7 克
尺寸:含蓋高40毫米,頸部直徑12 毫米,頸部直徑7 毫米

内襯絲盒。 (2)

本件鼻煙壺為清代宮廷御製八棱面鼻煙壺系列,每年特定場合贈送官吏、文人等貴人。這種切面源於巴伐利亞人 Kilian Stumpf 的影響,他於 1696 年建立了皇家琉璃廠,並成為整個清朝早期琉璃瓶和其他器皿的流行裝飾形式。由於它們經常作為禮物,這些瓶子成為榮譽的象徵,並經常與清代吸鼻煙者一起陪葬。

這個瓶子是這種形式的小尺寸系列的典型代表。瓶口正好在玻璃瓶上早期寬口的範圍內。碧玉綠色,或許是受天然石材的啟發,是十八世紀宮廷八角形鼻煙壺中較為罕見的顏色之一,似乎在十九世紀根本就沒有生產過。

專家注釋:根據Hugh Moss敘述,這個瓶子是2000年代初從北京附近的一座墓葬中出土的。由於北京的擴建和 2008 年奧運會等大規模建設,在過去幾十年中發現了許多這樣的墓葬,因此發現了許多玻璃鼻煙壺(以及許多其他類型的珍貴物品)。玻璃鼻煙壺由於長時間接觸潮濕的土壤而受到影響,通常會出現明顯的墓葬痕跡。通常,它們在從墓中出來後會被拋光,因為長期埋葬已經失去了大部分光澤,但在這種情況下,原始彩虹色的痕跡仍然完好無損。足部和口部保持清潔但未拋光,以免掩蓋瓶子在被掩埋之前的原始磨損程度。

拍賣結果比較:
形制:非常相近
拍賣:香港蘇富比,2013年5月26日,lot 236
價格:HKD 106,250(相當於今日EUR 16,000
描述:清十八世紀 御製松石綠料多棱鼻煙壺
專家評論:比較非常相近的外形和尺寸(36 毫米)稍小。請注意此鼻煙壺琉璃顏色較淺。

 

China, Beijing, 1700-1780. Of compressed horizontal ovoid form with octagonal profile, surmounted by a cylindrical neck with flat lip, and a flat foot, the two main sides with raised, faceted oval panels surrounded by further faceting. The glass of an opaque jasper-turquoise color with few yellow streaks around the base.

Provenance
: Guwan Cheng, Beijing, November 2006, by repute excavated from a tomb. Hugh Moss Ltd., Hong Kong, 2010. An English private collector of Snuff Bottles, acquired from the above. A copy of the original invoice from Hugh Moss Ltd., Hong Kong, dated 11 October 2010, dating the piece to 1700-1780, noting the tomb excavation, and stating a purchase price of USD 5,400 (or approx. EUR 6,900 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing), accompanies this lot. Hugh Moss (b. 1943) is an author, dealer, artist, lifelong collector, and enthusiast of Chinese art, and foremost authority on Chinese snuff bottles.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and manufacturing irregularities, including open bubbles, few nibbles to the edges and light surface scratches.

Stopper: Mother-of-pearl with gilt bronze collar
Weight: 20.7 g
Dimensions: Height incl. stopper 40 mm, Diameter neck 12 mm and mouth 7 mm

With a padded silk box. (2)

The present snuff bottle belongs to a series of octagonal faceted snuff bottles made at the court for distribution by the Qing Emperors as gifts to officials, scholars, and other worthies on specific occasions each year. The faceting arose out of the influence of the Bavarian Kilian Stumpf who set up the Imperial Glassworks in 1696 and became a popular form of decoration for glass bottles and other wares throughout the earlier Qing dynasty. Because they were frequently distributed as gifts, the bottles became symbols of honor and were frequently buried with Qing snuff-takers.

This bottle is typical of the smaller-sized range for this form. The mouth is well within the range of early wide mouths on glass bottles. The jasper green color, perhaps inspired by the natural stone, is among the rarer ones found in Palace-faceted octagonal snuff bottles of the 18th century and does not appear to have been produced at all during the 19th century.

Expert’s note: According to Hugh Moss, this bottle was excavated from a tomb near Beijing in the early 2000s. Many such tombs have been uncovered in the past decades due to the expansion of Beijing and massive building programs such as the 2008 Olympics, and thus a number of glass snuff bottles (along with many other types of precious objects) were discovered. The glass snuff bottles typically show obvious signs of burial as they are affected by contact with damp soil for so long. They are, as a rule, polished after coming out of the tomb, having lost much of their surface gloss from long burial, but in this case traces of the original iridescence have remained intact. The foot and lip, however, were wisely left cleaned but unpolished so as not to obscure the original extent of wear on the bottle from before it was buried.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 26 May 2013, lot 236
Price: HKD 106,250 or approx. EUR 16,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A facetted turquoise-green glass snuff bottle, imperial glassworks, Qing dynasty, 18th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and similarly small size (36 mm). Note the slightly paler color of the glass.



十八世紀碧玉綠切面小鼻煙壺,御用工坊
中國,北京,1700-1780。八角形切面,平口,圓柱形頸部和扁平足,兩個主要側面帶有多面橢圓形面,素面。不透明的碧玉綠松石色玻璃,底部周圍有幾條黃色條紋。

來源:北京古玩城,2006年11月,據説來自墓葬挖掘;香港Hugh Moss Ltd.藝廊,2010年;一個英國私人鼻煙壺收藏傢,購於上述藝廊。隨附香港Hugh Moss Ltd.藝廊2010年10月11日發票複印件,斷代為1700-1780年,也記錄為墓葬出土,價格 USD 5,400 (或 EUR 6,900 ,根據通貨膨脹)。Hugh Moss (出生於1943) 是一位作家、商人、藝術家和中國藝術忠實的收藏家,特別是中國鼻煙壺。
品相:狀況極佳,有輕微磨損和製造不規則,包括開口氣泡、邊緣有少量磕損和表面輕微的划痕。

壺蓋:貝母鑲鎏金銅片。
重量:20.7 克
尺寸:含蓋高40毫米,頸部直徑12 毫米,頸部直徑7 毫米

内襯絲盒。 (2)

本件鼻煙壺為清代宮廷御製八棱面鼻煙壺系列,每年特定場合贈送官吏、文人等貴人。這種切面源於巴伐利亞人 Kilian Stumpf 的影響,他於 1696 年建立了皇家琉璃廠,並成為整個清朝早期琉璃瓶和其他器皿的流行裝飾形式。由於它們經常作為禮物,這些瓶子成為榮譽的象徵,並經常與清代吸鼻煙者一起陪葬。

這個瓶子是這種形式的小尺寸系列的典型代表。瓶口正好在玻璃瓶上早期寬口的範圍內。碧玉綠色,或許是受天然石材的啟發,是十八世紀宮廷八角形鼻煙壺中較為罕見的顏色之一,似乎在十九世紀根本就沒有生產過。

專家注釋:根據Hugh Moss敘述,這個瓶子是2000年代初從北京附近的一座墓葬中出土的。由於北京的擴建和 2008 年奧運會等大規模建設,在過去幾十年中發現了許多這樣的墓葬,因此發現了許多玻璃鼻煙壺(以及許多其他類型的珍貴物品)。玻璃鼻煙壺由於長時間接觸潮濕的土壤而受到影響,通常會出現明顯的墓葬痕跡。通常,它們在從墓中出來後會被拋光,因為長期埋葬已經失去了大部分光澤,但在這種情況下,原始彩虹色的痕跡仍然完好無損。足部和口部保持清潔但未拋光,以免掩蓋瓶子在被掩埋之前的原始磨損程度。

拍賣結果比較:
形制:非常相近
拍賣:香港蘇富比,2013年5月26日,lot 236
價格:HKD 106,250(相當於今日EUR 16,000
描述:清十八世紀 御製松石綠料多棱鼻煙壺
專家評論:比較非常相近的外形和尺寸(36 毫米)稍小。請注意此鼻煙壺琉璃顏色較淺。

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