1st Mar, 2024 10:00

The No Reserve Dragon Sale

 
  Lot 133
 

133

A CARVED ‘IMITATION AMETHYST’ GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY
清代仿紫晶料器鼻煙壺

Sold for €455

including Buyer's Premium


Lot details


Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

China, 18th – early 19th century. The flattened ovoid body supported on a short foot and rising to a short cylindrical neck with a remarkably wide mouth, as typical for 18th century bottles. Finely carved with pavilions nestled between craggy rockwork and gnarled trees below lingzhi-shaped clouds as a scholar carrying a staff makes his way through the landscape.

Provenance: French trade.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and manufacturing irregularities, including few burst bubbles, and microscopic nicks.

Stopper: Glass
Weight: 44 g
Dimensions: Height including stopper 62 mm. Diameter neck 13 mm and mouth 9 mm.

Please click here to read the full description

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 17 September 2016, lot 1046
Price: USD 1,350 or approx. EUR 1,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A carved amethyst glass snuff bottle Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, manner of carving (albeit depicting a different subject), and color, also in imitation of amethyst.

点此阅读中文翻译 (Chinese Translation)

清代仿紫晶料器鼻煙壺
中國,十八世紀至十九世紀初。扁平,溜肩橢圓形壺身,圈足,壺口非常寬,這是十八世紀瓶子的典型特徵。壺身表面淺浮雕山間亭台樓閣,雲霧繚繞,一位文人柱著一根棍子在山間穿行。

來源:法國古玩交易。
品相:狀況非常好,有輕微磨損和製造不規則,包括很少破裂的氣泡和微小的刻痕。

壺蓋:玻璃
重量:44 克
尺寸:含蓋高62 毫米,頸部直徑13 毫米和壺口直徑9 毫米

拍賣結果比較:
形制:非常相近
拍賣:紐約佳士得,2016年9月17日,lot 1046
價格:USD 1,350(相當於今日EUR 1,500
描述:清十八 / 十九世紀透明紫料雕三陽開泰圖鼻煙壺
專家評論:比較非常相近的外形,雕刻風格 (儘管不同的主題),顏色,以及仿紫水晶。
 


Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

China, 18th – early 19th century. The flattened ovoid body supported on a short foot and rising to a short cylindrical neck with a remarkably wide mouth, as typical for 18th century bottles. Finely carved with pavilions nestled between craggy rockwork and gnarled trees below lingzhi-shaped clouds as a scholar carrying a staff makes his way through the landscape.

Provenance: French trade.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and manufacturing irregularities, including few burst bubbles, and microscopic nicks.

Stopper: Glass
Weight: 44 g
Dimensions: Height including stopper 62 mm. Diameter neck 13 mm and mouth 9 mm.

Please click here to read the full description

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 17 September 2016, lot 1046
Price: USD 1,350 or approx. EUR 1,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A carved amethyst glass snuff bottle Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, manner of carving (albeit depicting a different subject), and color, also in imitation of amethyst.

点此阅读中文翻译 (Chinese Translation)

清代仿紫晶料器鼻煙壺
中國,十八世紀至十九世紀初。扁平,溜肩橢圓形壺身,圈足,壺口非常寬,這是十八世紀瓶子的典型特徵。壺身表面淺浮雕山間亭台樓閣,雲霧繚繞,一位文人柱著一根棍子在山間穿行。

來源:法國古玩交易。
品相:狀況非常好,有輕微磨損和製造不規則,包括很少破裂的氣泡和微小的刻痕。

壺蓋:玻璃
重量:44 克
尺寸:含蓋高62 毫米,頸部直徑13 毫米和壺口直徑9 毫米

拍賣結果比較:
形制:非常相近
拍賣:紐約佳士得,2016年9月17日,lot 1046
價格:USD 1,350(相當於今日EUR 1,500
描述:清十八 / 十九世紀透明紫料雕三陽開泰圖鼻煙壺
專家評論:比較非常相近的外形,雕刻風格 (儘管不同的主題),顏色,以及仿紫水晶。

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