5th Mar, 2021 10:00
TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism
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AN INSCRIBED WHITE, GRAY AND RUSSET JADEITE ‘TIGER’ SNUFF BOTTLE, SIGNATURE OF WANG HENG (1817-1882)
灰白玉留皮虎紋鼻烟壺，汪鑅（1817-1882)
Sold for €2,781
including Buyer's Premium
China. Reasonably well-hollowed, finely carved in relief to one side with a tiger next to a large boulder and to the other with two lotus flowers on leafy stems growing from a craggy rock, the stone of a white tone with grayish-black and russet shadings skillfully incorporated into the depiction.
Inscriptions: To the rock, Shishou Shanren
Provenance: Leslie Gifford Kilborn, USA, and thence by descent in the same family. Leslie Gifford Kilborn (1895-1972), son of Retta and Omar Kilborn, was born in Sichuan, China. He greatly advanced missionary work in Western China, was the author of multiple texts and served as dean of the College of Medicine of the West China Union University. In 1952, he left China and became a professor of physiology at the University of Hong Kong. Old collector’s label ‘105’ to base.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear, microscopic nibbling to mouth, the stone with natural fissures, some of which may have developed into small hairline cracks over time.
Stopper: Pink glass, Beijing style, with green collar and carved spoon
Weight: 121.0 g
Dimensions: Height including stopper 73 mm. Diameter neck 22 mm and mouth 7 mm
Of flattened heart-shaped form with a broad oval foot and a waisted neck with an everted and slanted lip.
The present bottle shows the signature Shishou Shanren, the hao of Wang Heng (also known as Wang Rong, 1817-1882). He is listed in Zhongguo meishu jiaren mincidian, page 462. His other signed bottles include one in the J & J Collection, illustrated by Moss, Graham, Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, number 292, and a pebble-shaped bottle in the Bloch Collection which bears a date corresponding to 1816, and a signed, but undated, root-amber example in the Denis Low Collection.
Auction result comparison: Compare with an amber snuff bottle by the same artist at Christies New York, in Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the J&J Collection, Part IV, 22 March 2007, lot 16, sold for USD 24,000.
灰白玉留皮虎紋鼻烟壺，汪鑅（1817-1882)
中國。掏膛良好，一側浮雕老虎，旁邊是一塊大巨石，另一側刻有兩朵蓮花，白色玉石帶有灰黑色和赤褐色的紋理被巧妙利用並納入雕刻中。
款識： 石壽山人
來源：美國Leslie Gifford Kilborn，自此保存在同一家族. Leslie Gifford Kilborn (1895-1972), Retta and Omar Kilborn的兒子，出生於中國四川。他極大地促進了中國西部的傳教工作，是多篇著作的作者，還曾擔任過華西聯合大學醫學院的院長。 1952年，他離開中國，成為香港大學生理學教授。
圖片：Leslie Gifford Kilborn (1895-1972, 左起第三位)
品相：狀況極佳，略有磨損，嘴部有輕微磕損，玉石有天然裂紋，隨著時間的流逝，其中一些可能已發展成細小的裂縫。
壺蓋：粉紅色玻璃，京派風格，綠色蓋托，小壺匙
重量：121.0 g
尺寸：含蓋總高73 毫米，頸部直徑22 毫米，嘴部直徑7 毫米
呈扁平的心形，橢圓形底足，嘴唇外翻並傾斜。
拍賣結果比較：一件同是汪鑅雕刻的琥珀鼻烟壺，見紐約佳士得 Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the J&J Collection, Part IV拍場，2007年3月22日 lot 16, 售價USD 24,000.
China. Reasonably well-hollowed, finely carved in relief to one side with a tiger next to a large boulder and to the other with two lotus flowers on leafy stems growing from a craggy rock, the stone of a white tone with grayish-black and russet shadings skillfully incorporated into the depiction.
Inscriptions: To the rock, Shishou Shanren
Provenance: Leslie Gifford Kilborn, USA, and thence by descent in the same family. Leslie Gifford Kilborn (1895-1972), son of Retta and Omar Kilborn, was born in Sichuan, China. He greatly advanced missionary work in Western China, was the author of multiple texts and served as dean of the College of Medicine of the West China Union University. In 1952, he left China and became a professor of physiology at the University of Hong Kong. Old collector’s label ‘105’ to base.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear, microscopic nibbling to mouth, the stone with natural fissures, some of which may have developed into small hairline cracks over time.
Stopper: Pink glass, Beijing style, with green collar and carved spoon
Weight: 121.0 g
Dimensions: Height including stopper 73 mm. Diameter neck 22 mm and mouth 7 mm
Of flattened heart-shaped form with a broad oval foot and a waisted neck with an everted and slanted lip.
The present bottle shows the signature Shishou Shanren, the hao of Wang Heng (also known as Wang Rong, 1817-1882). He is listed in Zhongguo meishu jiaren mincidian, page 462. His other signed bottles include one in the J & J Collection, illustrated by Moss, Graham, Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, number 292, and a pebble-shaped bottle in the Bloch Collection which bears a date corresponding to 1816, and a signed, but undated, root-amber example in the Denis Low Collection.
Auction result comparison: Compare with an amber snuff bottle by the same artist at Christies New York, in Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the J&J Collection, Part IV, 22 March 2007, lot 16, sold for USD 24,000.
灰白玉留皮虎紋鼻烟壺，汪鑅（1817-1882)
中國。掏膛良好，一側浮雕老虎，旁邊是一塊大巨石，另一側刻有兩朵蓮花，白色玉石帶有灰黑色和赤褐色的紋理被巧妙利用並納入雕刻中。
款識： 石壽山人
來源：美國Leslie Gifford Kilborn，自此保存在同一家族. Leslie Gifford Kilborn (1895-1972), Retta and Omar Kilborn的兒子，出生於中國四川。他極大地促進了中國西部的傳教工作，是多篇著作的作者，還曾擔任過華西聯合大學醫學院的院長。 1952年，他離開中國，成為香港大學生理學教授。
圖片：Leslie Gifford Kilborn (1895-1972, 左起第三位)
品相：狀況極佳，略有磨損，嘴部有輕微磕損，玉石有天然裂紋，隨著時間的流逝，其中一些可能已發展成細小的裂縫。
壺蓋：粉紅色玻璃，京派風格，綠色蓋托，小壺匙
重量：121.0 g
尺寸：含蓋總高73 毫米，頸部直徑22 毫米，嘴部直徑7 毫米
呈扁平的心形，橢圓形底足，嘴唇外翻並傾斜。
拍賣結果比較：一件同是汪鑅雕刻的琥珀鼻烟壺，見紐約佳士得 Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the J&J Collection, Part IV拍場，2007年3月22日 lot 16, 售價USD 24,000.
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