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Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism

 
  Lot 53
 

53

AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE BY CHEN ZHONGSAN, DATED 1911
陳仲三內畫《山水人物》鼻煙壺,1911年

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Lot details

Exhibited: International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, New York, 5-9 November 2013, no. 84.

China. Of rounded rectangular form, supported on a thick oval foot and rising to a cylindrical neck. Finely painted with a continuous and highly detailed scene of merchants, workers, travelers, and ferrymen in a rocky river landscape, one side with men waiting by a ferry station, a walled city in the upper background.

Inscriptions: To one side, upper left, signed ‘Chen Zhongsan’ and dated ‘On an Autumn day in the Year of Xinhai [corresponding to 1911] in Beijing’. One seal of the artist.

Provenance: The Gerry P. Mack Collection. Christie’s London, 4 October 1999, lot 41. Manfred Arnold, acquired from the above. The base with an old label, ‘Arnold Collection. 224’. Gerry P. Mack was an important collector of Chinese snuff bottles. According to Robert Kleiner’s foreword to the catalog of the Christie’s sale of The Gerry P. Mack Collection, he “was one of the great snuff bottle collectors of the twentieth century. The bottles for which Gerry had a weakness have stood the test of time and more remarkably, of our increased knowledge of the subject. Gerry's achievement was to align on bottles which he liked and which are still highly sought after and in many cases among the finest of their type”. Manfred Arnold (1938-2022) was a German-born maritime arbitrator and a keen collector of Chinese snuff bottles. He was a leader within the maritime arbitration community, serving five terms as the president of the Society of Maritime Arbitrators, Inc. and being recently cited in a United States Supreme Court case. He built his collection of snuff bottles over a fifty-year period.
Condition:
Excellent condition with only very minor wear and manufacturing irregularities.

Stopper: Jadeite stopper with platelet
Weight: 37 g
Dimensions: Height incl. stopper 66 mm. Diameter neck 17 mm and mouth 6 mm

Expert’s note: According to Hugh Moss, Victor Graham, and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, Hong Kong, 1993, page 730, no. 448, Chen Zhongsan began his career copying the works of Zhou Leyuan and it was not until 1916 that he discovered a subject that appears to be uniquely his own. The earliest dated bottle by Chen is from 1907 and the very last dated example is from the autumn of 1919.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 25 May 2011, lot 81
Price: HKD 66,000 or approx. EUR 10,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: An inside-painted glass ‘snowscape’ snuff bottle, Chen Zhongsan, dated 1917
Expert remark: Note the size (6.2 cm excluding the stopper)



陳仲三內畫《山水人物》鼻煙壺,1911
中國。長方圓角,圈足。精美地描繪了各類人物形象,如行人和擺渡人,兩岸群山峻嶺,景色優美,遠處有一道城牆。

展覽: 紐約《International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention》,2013年11月 5-9日,編號84。

款識:辛亥秋日寫於京師,陳仲三作

來源:Gerry P. Mack 收藏;倫敦佳士得,1999 年 10 月 4 日,拍品編號 41。Manfred Arnold購自上述拍賣。帶有舊標籤的底座,“Arnold Collection”,224'。 Gerry P. Mack 是一位重要的中國鼻煙壺收藏家。根據Robert Kleiner為佳士得 Gerry P. Mack 藏品拍賣目錄所作的序言,他“是二十世紀最偉大的鼻煙壺收藏家之一。Gerry這個鼻煙壺經受住了時間的考驗,更引人注目的是,我們對這個主題的瞭解越來越多。Gerry 的成就是將他喜歡的鼻煙壺放在一起,這些鼻煙壺仍然受到高度追捧,在許多情況下屬於同類鼻煙壺中最好的”。Manfred Arnold(1938-2022)是德國出生的海事仲裁員,也是中國鼻煙壺的熱衷收藏家。他是海事仲裁界的領導者,擔任過五屆海事仲裁員協會主席,最近在美國最高法院的一起案件中被傳述。他花了五十年的時間收集他的鼻煙壺。
品相:
狀況極佳,只有非常輕微的磨損和製造瑕疵。

壺蓋:翡翠,金屬托片
重量:37 克
尺寸:含蓋高:66 毫米. 頸部直徑17 毫米 與頸部直徑6 毫米

拍賣結果比較:
形制:非常相近
拍賣:香港佳士得,2011年5月25日,lot 81
價格:HKD 66,000(相當於今日EUR 10,500
描述:玻璃內畫雪景圖鼻煙壺,陳仲三,1917年作
專家評論:請注意尺寸(6.2 厘米 不含蓋)。

 

Exhibited: International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, New York, 5-9 November 2013, no. 84.

China. Of rounded rectangular form, supported on a thick oval foot and rising to a cylindrical neck. Finely painted with a continuous and highly detailed scene of merchants, workers, travelers, and ferrymen in a rocky river landscape, one side with men waiting by a ferry station, a walled city in the upper background.

Inscriptions: To one side, upper left, signed ‘Chen Zhongsan’ and dated ‘On an Autumn day in the Year of Xinhai [corresponding to 1911] in Beijing’. One seal of the artist.

Provenance: The Gerry P. Mack Collection. Christie’s London, 4 October 1999, lot 41. Manfred Arnold, acquired from the above. The base with an old label, ‘Arnold Collection. 224’. Gerry P. Mack was an important collector of Chinese snuff bottles. According to Robert Kleiner’s foreword to the catalog of the Christie’s sale of The Gerry P. Mack Collection, he “was one of the great snuff bottle collectors of the twentieth century. The bottles for which Gerry had a weakness have stood the test of time and more remarkably, of our increased knowledge of the subject. Gerry's achievement was to align on bottles which he liked and which are still highly sought after and in many cases among the finest of their type”. Manfred Arnold (1938-2022) was a German-born maritime arbitrator and a keen collector of Chinese snuff bottles. He was a leader within the maritime arbitration community, serving five terms as the president of the Society of Maritime Arbitrators, Inc. and being recently cited in a United States Supreme Court case. He built his collection of snuff bottles over a fifty-year period.
Condition:
Excellent condition with only very minor wear and manufacturing irregularities.

Stopper: Jadeite stopper with platelet
Weight: 37 g
Dimensions: Height incl. stopper 66 mm. Diameter neck 17 mm and mouth 6 mm

Expert’s note: According to Hugh Moss, Victor Graham, and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, Hong Kong, 1993, page 730, no. 448, Chen Zhongsan began his career copying the works of Zhou Leyuan and it was not until 1916 that he discovered a subject that appears to be uniquely his own. The earliest dated bottle by Chen is from 1907 and the very last dated example is from the autumn of 1919.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 25 May 2011, lot 81
Price: HKD 66,000 or approx. EUR 10,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: An inside-painted glass ‘snowscape’ snuff bottle, Chen Zhongsan, dated 1917
Expert remark: Note the size (6.2 cm excluding the stopper)



陳仲三內畫《山水人物》鼻煙壺,1911
中國。長方圓角,圈足。精美地描繪了各類人物形象,如行人和擺渡人,兩岸群山峻嶺,景色優美,遠處有一道城牆。

展覽: 紐約《International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention》,2013年11月 5-9日,編號84。

款識:辛亥秋日寫於京師,陳仲三作

來源:Gerry P. Mack 收藏;倫敦佳士得,1999 年 10 月 4 日,拍品編號 41。Manfred Arnold購自上述拍賣。帶有舊標籤的底座,“Arnold Collection”,224'。 Gerry P. Mack 是一位重要的中國鼻煙壺收藏家。根據Robert Kleiner為佳士得 Gerry P. Mack 藏品拍賣目錄所作的序言,他“是二十世紀最偉大的鼻煙壺收藏家之一。Gerry這個鼻煙壺經受住了時間的考驗,更引人注目的是,我們對這個主題的瞭解越來越多。Gerry 的成就是將他喜歡的鼻煙壺放在一起,這些鼻煙壺仍然受到高度追捧,在許多情況下屬於同類鼻煙壺中最好的”。Manfred Arnold(1938-2022)是德國出生的海事仲裁員,也是中國鼻煙壺的熱衷收藏家。他是海事仲裁界的領導者,擔任過五屆海事仲裁員協會主席,最近在美國最高法院的一起案件中被傳述。他花了五十年的時間收集他的鼻煙壺。
品相:
狀況極佳,只有非常輕微的磨損和製造瑕疵。

壺蓋:翡翠,金屬托片
重量:37 克
尺寸:含蓋高:66 毫米. 頸部直徑17 毫米 與頸部直徑6 毫米

拍賣結果比較:
形制:非常相近
拍賣:香港佳士得,2011年5月25日,lot 81
價格:HKD 66,000(相當於今日EUR 10,500
描述:玻璃內畫雪景圖鼻煙壺,陳仲三,1917年作
專家評論:請注意尺寸(6.2 厘米 不含蓋)。

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