5th Mar, 2021 10:00

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

 
  Lot 394
 

394

AN ENAMELED AGATE SNUFF BOTLE, LATE QING TO REPUBLIC
清末民初琺琅彩瑪瑙鼻烟壺

Sold for €632

including Buyer's Premium


Lot details

China, 1850-1930 or earlier. Finely painted in bright enamels with auspicious symbols and scholar’s objects amid crashing waves below pendant beads hanging from a band of ruyi-heads at the shoulder and a lappet band at the neck, all on a reddish-brown ground imitating Yixing pottery. The concave base with a neatly blue-enameled apocryphal four-character mark Kangxi nianzhi.

Provenance: From the private collection of Dr. Mary Kaufman, New York, USA. Thence by descent within the same family. Dr. Kaufman (1927-2013) was a well known NYC snuff bottle collector.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and manufacturing flaws such as microscopic nibbles as well as pitting and crackling to enamels.

Stopper: Gilt metal, incised with floral design, bone spoon
Weight: 52.2 g
Dimensions: Height including stopper 75 mm. Diameter neck 16 mm and mouth 6 mm

The ovoid body rising from a short circular foot to a waisted neck with a flat mouth, the latter revealing the milky-banded structure of the agate.

清末民初琺琅彩瑪瑙鼻烟壺
中國,1850-1930 或更早。精美的明亮琺瑯彩繪波浪上八吉祥紋與博古紋,肩部以下懸掛著垂墜的珠子,肩部如意紋。仿宜興陶器,呈紅棕色。 凹形底足可見藍色琺瑯釉四字“康熙年制”款。

來源:美國紐約Mary Kaufman博士私人收藏,之後傳承於同一家族。Kaufman博士(1927-2013)是一位紐約知名鼻烟壺收藏家。
品相:狀況極佳,有輕微磨損和製造缺陷,例如微小的碎屑以及琺琅的點蝕和裂紋。

壺蓋:鎏金金屬蓋,花卉紋,骨制小壺匙
重量:52.2
尺寸:總高75 毫米;頸部直徑16 毫米;嘴部直徑6 毫米

卵圓形,底足圓形且短,唇部平坦,縮頸,唇外翻,後者露出瑪瑙的乳白色帶狀結構。

 

China, 1850-1930 or earlier. Finely painted in bright enamels with auspicious symbols and scholar’s objects amid crashing waves below pendant beads hanging from a band of ruyi-heads at the shoulder and a lappet band at the neck, all on a reddish-brown ground imitating Yixing pottery. The concave base with a neatly blue-enameled apocryphal four-character mark Kangxi nianzhi.

Provenance: From the private collection of Dr. Mary Kaufman, New York, USA. Thence by descent within the same family. Dr. Kaufman (1927-2013) was a well known NYC snuff bottle collector.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and manufacturing flaws such as microscopic nibbles as well as pitting and crackling to enamels.

Stopper: Gilt metal, incised with floral design, bone spoon
Weight: 52.2 g
Dimensions: Height including stopper 75 mm. Diameter neck 16 mm and mouth 6 mm

The ovoid body rising from a short circular foot to a waisted neck with a flat mouth, the latter revealing the milky-banded structure of the agate.

清末民初琺琅彩瑪瑙鼻烟壺
中國,1850-1930 或更早。精美的明亮琺瑯彩繪波浪上八吉祥紋與博古紋,肩部以下懸掛著垂墜的珠子,肩部如意紋。仿宜興陶器,呈紅棕色。 凹形底足可見藍色琺瑯釉四字“康熙年制”款。

來源:美國紐約Mary Kaufman博士私人收藏,之後傳承於同一家族。Kaufman博士(1927-2013)是一位紐約知名鼻烟壺收藏家。
品相:狀況極佳,有輕微磨損和製造缺陷,例如微小的碎屑以及琺琅的點蝕和裂紋。

壺蓋:鎏金金屬蓋,花卉紋,骨制小壺匙
重量:52.2
尺寸:總高75 毫米;頸部直徑16 毫米;嘴部直徑6 毫米

卵圓形,底足圓形且短,唇部平坦,縮頸,唇外翻,後者露出瑪瑙的乳白色帶狀結構。

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