10th Mar, 2022 10:00

DAY 1 - TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism

 
  Lot 158
 

158

A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE, 19TH CENTURY
十九世紀青花松下鳳凰鼻烟壺

Sold for €1,643

including Buyer's Premium


Lot details

China. The cylindrical bottle painted in blue and white with a continuous design of a phoenix standing in a river landscape, surrounded by a pine tree, lingzhi and rocks. The base with an apocryphal six-character Qianlong reign mark.

Provenance
: From the private collection of Tuyet Nguyet and Stephen Markbreiter. Tuyet Nguyet was the founder and chief editor of Arts of Asia. She married Stephen Markbreiter, an English architect, in 1959 and moved to Hong Kong to work as a journalist. Arts of Asia’s first regular edition appeared in 1971. In the magazine, Nguyet sought to combine authoritative content from major experts with detailed coverage of the Asian art market. Tuyet Nguyet was an early member of The International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, attending her first convention in 1973, and was later elected as an honorary member.
Condition: Good condition with some manufacturing flaws, such as firing irregularities and dark spots, flakes to the foot, little surface wear, a faint surface crack along the foot rim, detectable under blue light.

Stopper: Hardstone stopper
Weight: 59 g
Dimensions: Height including stopper 95 mm. Diameter neck 9 mm and mouth 8 mm.

Auction result comparison:
Compare a related blue and white porcelain snuff bottle with double phoenix motif, also dated to the 19th century, at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in Snuff Bottles From The Mary And George Bloch Collection: Part X on 31 May 2015, lot 135, sold for HKD 12,500.


十九世紀青花松下鳳凰鼻烟壺
中國。圓柱體,青花繪製河邊松下鳳凰昂首而立,靈芝與岩石在其一側。圈足内“大清乾隆年製”六字寄托款。

來源:Tuyet Nguyet 和 Stephen Markbreiter 的私人收藏。Tuyet Nguyet 是《Arts of Asia》的創始人和主編。1959 年,她與英國建築師Stephen Markbreiter結婚,並移居香港擔任記者。《Arts of Asia》第一期普通版於 1971 年問世。在該雜誌中,Nguyet 致力於將專家的權威內容與亞洲藝術市場的詳細報導相結合。Tuyet Nguyet 是國際中國鼻煙壺協會的早期會員,1973 年參加了協會的第一次大會,後來當選爲名譽會員。
品相:品相良好,有一些製造瑕疵,例如燒製不規則和黑點,足部剝落,表面小磨損,足部邊緣有輕微的表面裂紋,在藍光下可檢測到。

壺蓋: 硬石
重量:59 克
尺寸:含蓋高95 毫米,頸部直徑9 毫米,及口部直徑8 毫米

拍賣結果比較:比較一件相近的十九世紀青花雙鳳紋鼻烟壺,見香港蘇富比Snuff Bottles From The Mary And George Bloch Collection: Part X 2015年5月31日 lot 135, 售價HKD 12,500

 

China. The cylindrical bottle painted in blue and white with a continuous design of a phoenix standing in a river landscape, surrounded by a pine tree, lingzhi and rocks. The base with an apocryphal six-character Qianlong reign mark.

Provenance
: From the private collection of Tuyet Nguyet and Stephen Markbreiter. Tuyet Nguyet was the founder and chief editor of Arts of Asia. She married Stephen Markbreiter, an English architect, in 1959 and moved to Hong Kong to work as a journalist. Arts of Asia’s first regular edition appeared in 1971. In the magazine, Nguyet sought to combine authoritative content from major experts with detailed coverage of the Asian art market. Tuyet Nguyet was an early member of The International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, attending her first convention in 1973, and was later elected as an honorary member.
Condition: Good condition with some manufacturing flaws, such as firing irregularities and dark spots, flakes to the foot, little surface wear, a faint surface crack along the foot rim, detectable under blue light.

Stopper: Hardstone stopper
Weight: 59 g
Dimensions: Height including stopper 95 mm. Diameter neck 9 mm and mouth 8 mm.

Auction result comparison:
Compare a related blue and white porcelain snuff bottle with double phoenix motif, also dated to the 19th century, at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in Snuff Bottles From The Mary And George Bloch Collection: Part X on 31 May 2015, lot 135, sold for HKD 12,500.


十九世紀青花松下鳳凰鼻烟壺
中國。圓柱體,青花繪製河邊松下鳳凰昂首而立,靈芝與岩石在其一側。圈足内“大清乾隆年製”六字寄托款。

來源:Tuyet Nguyet 和 Stephen Markbreiter 的私人收藏。Tuyet Nguyet 是《Arts of Asia》的創始人和主編。1959 年,她與英國建築師Stephen Markbreiter結婚,並移居香港擔任記者。《Arts of Asia》第一期普通版於 1971 年問世。在該雜誌中,Nguyet 致力於將專家的權威內容與亞洲藝術市場的詳細報導相結合。Tuyet Nguyet 是國際中國鼻煙壺協會的早期會員,1973 年參加了協會的第一次大會,後來當選爲名譽會員。
品相:品相良好,有一些製造瑕疵,例如燒製不規則和黑點,足部剝落,表面小磨損,足部邊緣有輕微的表面裂紋,在藍光下可檢測到。

壺蓋: 硬石
重量:59 克
尺寸:含蓋高95 毫米,頸部直徑9 毫米,及口部直徑8 毫米

拍賣結果比較:比較一件相近的十九世紀青花雙鳳紋鼻烟壺,見香港蘇富比Snuff Bottles From The Mary And George Bloch Collection: Part X 2015年5月31日 lot 135, 售價HKD 12,500

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