15th Oct, 2021 10:00
TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism
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A SIX-COLOR OVERLAY ‘LIU HAI’ SNUFF BOTTLE, MID-QING
清代中期白地套六色料劉海鼻烟壺
Sold for €2,781
including Buyer's Premium
China, 1740-1820. Depicting Liu Hai standing on a scrolling cloud with one leg, a cash coin beside him rising from clouds exhaled by the mythical three-legged toad below. The opaque white glass bottle is carved through a single layer of lemon yellow, sapphire blue, emerald green, aquamarine, ruby red, and dusky pink.
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: Superb condition with only minor old wear and some manufacturing flaws, possibly few microscopic nibbles which have smoothened to invisibility over time, the spoon with an old repair.
Stopper: Pink tourmaline
Weight: 51.9 g
Dimensions: Height incl. stopper 68 mm, Diameter neck 13.5 mm and mouth 8 mm
The flattened ovoid body rising to a short cylindrical neck with a wide mouth. The reverse shows a bird in flight above a circular bamboo stalk and beside a gnarly branch bearing peaches.
Auction result comparison: Compare a related five-color overlay snuff bottle, dated Qianlong to Jiaqing period (1736-1820), at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, in Snuff Bottles From The Mary And George Bloch Collection, Part VI, on 26 May 2013, lot 245, sold for HKD 262,500.
清代中期白地套六色料劉海鼻烟壺
中國，1740-1820年。鼻烟壺一面可見劉海單腿立在滾動的雲上，旁邊三足蟾蜍吐出一枚銅錢，從雲中升起。 不透明白色玻璃套檸檬黃、寶石藍、翠綠、海藍、寶石紅和暗粉色料。
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：狀況極佳，只有輕微的舊時磨損和一些製造缺陷，些微微小磕損，隨著時間的推移已經被磨平，勺子經過舊修復。
壺蓋：粉紅碧璽
重量：51.9克
尺寸：縂高 68 毫米，頸部直徑13.5 毫米，壺口直徑8 毫米
拍賣結果比較：一件乾隆至嘉慶 (1736-1820) 套五色料，見香港蘇富比Snuff Bottles From The Mary And George Bloch Collection, Part VI 2013年5月26日 lot 245, 售價HKD 262,500。
China, 1740-1820. Depicting Liu Hai standing on a scrolling cloud with one leg, a cash coin beside him rising from clouds exhaled by the mythical three-legged toad below. The opaque white glass bottle is carved through a single layer of lemon yellow, sapphire blue, emerald green, aquamarine, ruby red, and dusky pink.
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: Superb condition with only minor old wear and some manufacturing flaws, possibly few microscopic nibbles which have smoothened to invisibility over time, the spoon with an old repair.
Stopper: Pink tourmaline
Weight: 51.9 g
Dimensions: Height incl. stopper 68 mm, Diameter neck 13.5 mm and mouth 8 mm
The flattened ovoid body rising to a short cylindrical neck with a wide mouth. The reverse shows a bird in flight above a circular bamboo stalk and beside a gnarly branch bearing peaches.
Auction result comparison: Compare a related five-color overlay snuff bottle, dated Qianlong to Jiaqing period (1736-1820), at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, in Snuff Bottles From The Mary And George Bloch Collection, Part VI, on 26 May 2013, lot 245, sold for HKD 262,500.
清代中期白地套六色料劉海鼻烟壺
中國，1740-1820年。鼻烟壺一面可見劉海單腿立在滾動的雲上，旁邊三足蟾蜍吐出一枚銅錢，從雲中升起。 不透明白色玻璃套檸檬黃、寶石藍、翠綠、海藍、寶石紅和暗粉色料。
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：狀況極佳，只有輕微的舊時磨損和一些製造缺陷，些微微小磕損，隨著時間的推移已經被磨平，勺子經過舊修復。
壺蓋：粉紅碧璽
重量：51.9克
尺寸：縂高 68 毫米，頸部直徑13.5 毫米，壺口直徑8 毫米
拍賣結果比較：一件乾隆至嘉慶 (1736-1820) 套五色料，見香港蘇富比Snuff Bottles From The Mary And George Bloch Collection, Part VI 2013年5月26日 lot 245, 售價HKD 262,500。
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