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A TURQUOISE MATRIX SNUFF BOTTLE, CHINA, 1750-1850
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04月17日 下午5点 开拍 /15天1小时
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Of flattened ovoid form, tapering towards the flat foot, with a short, waisted neck, everted rim, and flat mouth. The opaque stone with an attractive matrix and fine, naturally grown patina overall.Provenance: French trade. Acquired from an estate sale in the 9th dictrict in Paris, France. Condition: Good condition with some old wear, slight nibbling, and a few small fills to natural fissures, likely original to the time of production.Stopper: Jadeite with a bronze mount, carved spoonWeight: 51.3 gDimensions: Height including stopper 65 mm. Diameter neck 20 mm and mouth 5 mm.Turquoise is a crypto-crystalline aggregate with crystals so fine that the stone is considered practically amorphous. Although the composition varies, it is a hydrous copper aluminum phosphate with some iron. Its hardness on the Mohs scale is slightly less than 6, allowing it to be scratched with firm pressure and a good steel point, although in the snuff-bottle world turquoise is unlike any other material and is never convincingly imitated by anything else, so a test is never necessary.The stone occurs mainly in veins but can be found in botryoidal form, i.e. pebble-form resembling a cluster of grapes. It is found in a number of places around the world, including Persia, the Sinai Peninsula and Russia. It appears to have been mined in Tibet, where it is one of the most valued stones in the culture, although because of its value the exact whereabouts of the mines has long been shrouded in mystery. Marco Polo spoke of the existence of turquoise in what he called Caindu, which has been identified as modern-day Sichuan province, then largely inhabited by Tibetan tribes, so it is possible that the Tibetans simply used the stone there and gave the impression it was mined locally. It was mined in China, in Zhushan County, Yunxi County, and Yun County in Hubei province, but this is documented there only for the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.In Xinjiang, old exhausted turquoise mines still exist in Hami, which was the first Turkic oasis to ask to be a protectorate of the Qing (in 1697). Until the war with the Zunghars, trade between Hami and Beijing flourished, and after the extermination of the Zunghars in 1759, Hami was one of the areas of the vanquished empire in which the Qing were able to have a significant military and civilian presence (which was not the case in the nephrite-producing areas about 1800 km further west). Whether turquoise was part of the tribute that would have resumed is unknown. In any case, imports by sea must have been significant.Most turquoise snuff bottles are of a distinctly green color that is attributable to the absorption of oils from the hand with much use. To the Qing Chinese, the stone was known as lüsongshi ('green pine stone'), whether green or blue, suggesting that green was the more common color. The Tibetan and Chinese turquoise was found originally both as green and blue, and much of what was used in the snuff-bottle world would have started life as green material.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25 May 2014, lot 1068 Price: HKD 237,500 or approx. EUR 34,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A turquoise matrix snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, 18th / 19th century Expert remark: Compare the similar color. Note the different form.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Christie's New York, 26 March 2010, lot 1162 Price: USD 8,750 or approx. EUR 11,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A rare turquoise snuff bottle, 1780-1850. Expert remark: Compare the color. Note the different form and smaller size (5.5 cm).

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