30th Sep, 2022 10:00

DAY 2 - TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism

 
  Lot 612
 

612

A SMOKEY ROCK CRYSTAL ‘DRAGON GATE’ SNUFF BOTTLE, 18TH CENTURY
十八世紀煙晶“魚躍龍門”鼻烟壺

Sold for €1,170

including Buyer's Premium


Lot details

China. Well hollowed, of rounded rectangular form, slightly tapering towards the flat oval foot, and with a cylindrical neck. Cleverly utilizing the opaque white inclusions to depict four carps and a flying dragon, the smokey ground finely incised in low relief with crashing waves, the dragon gate, and a lingzhi shaped cloud. The translucent stone of a smokey color with opaque white inclusions and russet veining.

Provenance: French private collection. Artcurial, Paris, 8 December 2014, lot 2. A notable private collector in Kensington, London, United Kingdom, acquired from the above. A copy of the original invoice from Artcurial, dated 9 December 2014 and stating a purchase price for the present lot of EUR 1,105 or approx. EUR 1,300 (adjusted for inflation at the time of writing), accompanies this lot.
Condition: Good condition with minor old wear, traces of use, few minuscule nicks to exposed areas. The stone with natural inclusions and fissures.

Stopper: Rose quartz, good spoon
Weight: 123.6 g
Dimensions: Height including stopper 91 mm. Diameter neck 21 mm and mouth 8 mm.

According to traditional Chinese belief
, carp swimming upstream in the Yellow River must leap the rapids of the Dragon's Gate. The first to succeed is transformed into a dragon. This legend is frequently used and regarded as a metaphor for a poor scholar who passes the civil service examinations and succeeds in high office. The dragon-carp motif is thus a wish for success in achieving this.



十八世紀煙晶“魚躍龍門”鼻烟壺
中國。掏膛良好,長方圓角,頸部成圓柱狀,橢圓形底部。巧妙地利用不透明的白色紋理刻畫四條鯉魚以及飛龍,煙晶地,浮雕洶湧波濤中的龍門和如意祥雲。半透明煙晶,帶有不透明的白色和赤褐色脈絡。

來源:法國私人收藏;巴黎Artcurial,2014年12月 8日,lot 2;倫敦肯辛頓知名私人收藏。購於上述藝廊。隨附巴黎Artcurial 2014年12月 9日出局的原始發票副本,並有價格EUR 1,105,相當於現在的 EUR 1,300。
品相:狀況良好,有輕微磨損、使用痕跡和細小的刻痕,石料具有天然內沁和裂縫。

壺蓋:粉紅石英,精緻小勺
重量:123.6 克
尺寸:總高 91 毫米,頸部直徑 21 毫米,壺口 8 毫米

中國傳統文化中,在黃河上游遊的鯉魚必須躍過龍門的激流,成功的魚會變成龍,比喻事業成功或地位高升。

 

China. Well hollowed, of rounded rectangular form, slightly tapering towards the flat oval foot, and with a cylindrical neck. Cleverly utilizing the opaque white inclusions to depict four carps and a flying dragon, the smokey ground finely incised in low relief with crashing waves, the dragon gate, and a lingzhi shaped cloud. The translucent stone of a smokey color with opaque white inclusions and russet veining.

Provenance: French private collection. Artcurial, Paris, 8 December 2014, lot 2. A notable private collector in Kensington, London, United Kingdom, acquired from the above. A copy of the original invoice from Artcurial, dated 9 December 2014 and stating a purchase price for the present lot of EUR 1,105 or approx. EUR 1,300 (adjusted for inflation at the time of writing), accompanies this lot.
Condition: Good condition with minor old wear, traces of use, few minuscule nicks to exposed areas. The stone with natural inclusions and fissures.

Stopper: Rose quartz, good spoon
Weight: 123.6 g
Dimensions: Height including stopper 91 mm. Diameter neck 21 mm and mouth 8 mm.

According to traditional Chinese belief
, carp swimming upstream in the Yellow River must leap the rapids of the Dragon's Gate. The first to succeed is transformed into a dragon. This legend is frequently used and regarded as a metaphor for a poor scholar who passes the civil service examinations and succeeds in high office. The dragon-carp motif is thus a wish for success in achieving this.



十八世紀煙晶“魚躍龍門”鼻烟壺
中國。掏膛良好,長方圓角,頸部成圓柱狀,橢圓形底部。巧妙地利用不透明的白色紋理刻畫四條鯉魚以及飛龍,煙晶地,浮雕洶湧波濤中的龍門和如意祥雲。半透明煙晶,帶有不透明的白色和赤褐色脈絡。

來源:法國私人收藏;巴黎Artcurial,2014年12月 8日,lot 2;倫敦肯辛頓知名私人收藏。購於上述藝廊。隨附巴黎Artcurial 2014年12月 9日出局的原始發票副本,並有價格EUR 1,105,相當於現在的 EUR 1,300。
品相:狀況良好,有輕微磨損、使用痕跡和細小的刻痕,石料具有天然內沁和裂縫。

壺蓋:粉紅石英,精緻小勺
重量:123.6 克
尺寸:總高 91 毫米,頸部直徑 21 毫米,壺口 8 毫米

中國傳統文化中,在黃河上游遊的鯉魚必須躍過龍門的激流,成功的魚會變成龍,比喻事業成功或地位高升。

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