Description
A RUBY-RED OVERLAY GLASS 'CHILONG' SNUFF BOTTLE, QIANLONG TO JIAQING
China, 1735-1820. Of compressed globular form with a cylindrical neck, wide mouth, and pagoda-form stopper, the transparent ruby-red glass carved as a single overlay with sinuous chilong, one’s tail forming the oval foot rim, on a bubble-suffused colorless glass ground.
Provenance: French private collection.
Condition: Good condition with little wear, a small chip to the lip with old filling, and minor nibbles here and there.
Stopper: Rose quartz
Weight: 28.8 g
Dimensions: Height incl. stopper 63 mm. Diameter neck 14 mm and mouth 8 mm.
Literature comparison: Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 5, Hong Kong, 2002, no. 886.
Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related snuff bottle sold by Sotheby’s Hong Kong in Chinese Art, Including Snuff Bottles and Jades from an Old Hong Kong Family Collection on 28-29 November 2019, lot 531, for HKD $40,000.
雪霏地套寶石紅料螭龍鼻烟壺,乾隆至嘉慶
中國,1735-1820。鼻烟壺呈球形,頸部呈圓柱形,寬嘴,削肩,透明的紅寶石色料成螭龍形套在無氣泡的無色玻璃地面上。
來源:法國私人收藏
品相:品相良好,輕微磨損,唇部小開口已填補,局部輕微磕損。
壺蓋:粉晶
重量:28.8 克
尺寸:含蓋高63 毫米,頸部直徑14 毫米,嘴部直徑8 毫米
拍賣結果比較:一件相似鼻烟壺于2019年11月28-29日香港蘇富比《中國藝術品》拍號531,成交價HKD $40,000。