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AN ENAMELED AND CARVED GLASS ‘MAGPIE AND PRUNUS’ SNUFF BOTTLE, REPUBLIC PERIOD
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2024年10月18日 开拍
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AN ENAMELED AND CARVED GLASS ‘MAGPIE AND PRUNUS’ SNUFF BOTTLE, REPUBLIC PERIOD

China, 1912-1949. Of compressed globular form, finely carved in relief and painted in enamels with a magpie landing atop a prunus branch backed by bamboo, the reverse similarly decorated with a magpie under a blossoming prunus branch. The stopper of gilt metal in form of a Buddhist lion.

Expert’s note:
This type of ware is referred to as a dual-pane design, where the glass is first carved in relief, and the main enameled elements are later completed by another artisan.

Provenance
: The Joan and Ted Dorf Collection. Joan and Ted Dorf (1926-2020) were collectors of snuff bottles for over fifty years, in a lifelong passion that paralleled the deep love they felt for each other during their 67 years of marriage. Their enthusiasm eventually spilled over into collecting scholarly Chinese works of art as well. Ted served as a director on the board of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society (ICSBS) between 2006 and 2012, and was also its vice president from 2009 to 2011. Despite a flourishing career in radio broadcasting, he always found time for collecting and co-chaired ICSBS conventions in Washington, D.C., and Palm Beach, Florida. The Joan and Ted Dorf Collection has been exhibited at the Norton Museum of Art in Palm Beach, and most recently at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and manufacturing irregularities, little nibbling around the mouth.

Stopper: Gilt with glass platelet, carved spoon
Weight: 33.4 g
Dimensions: Height including stopper 53 mm, Diameter neck 13 mm and mouth 7 mm.

The recessed base with an apocryphal blue-enameled mark Qianlong nianzhi.

Magpies (xique) symbolize joy or happiness and, depending on the number depicted, convey good wishes for each month of the year, each day of the month, and so on. The prunus appearing on this bottle is apparently of a variety known as ‘wax plum’ due to its translucent, wax-like petals. The combination of wax-plum blossoms and magpies forms a rebus for ‘happiness up to one's eyebrows.’

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