Description
A SHADOW AGATE ‘BIRDS IN A TREE’ SNUFF BOTTLE, MID-QING
China, 1750-1850. The lapidary has left a great part of the depiction to nature and the viewer’s imagination, but one side very clearly shows birds in a tree.
Provenance: American private collection.
Condition: Some areas of natural erosion at the foot rim as well as natural fissures, otherwise in good condition.
Stopper: Pink tourmaline
Weight: 88.9 g
Dimensions: Height incl. stopper 63 mm. Diameter neck 22 mm and mouth 8 mm.
Of flattened globular form with a short cylindrical neck, oval foot rim, and a slightly recessed base. The shoulders carved with lion masks and mock ring handles. Good hollowing.
Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related bottle at Bonhams New York in Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Barbara and Marvin Dicker 16 M?r 2015, lot 1011, sold for USD $6,875.
皮影瑪瑙樹上之鳥鼻烟壺,清代中期
中國, 1750-1850。製作者把把描繪的大部分留給了觀眾的想像力,不過我們依然可見樹上的鳥類。
來源:美國私人收藏
品相:圈足局部有天然侵蝕,天然裂縫,除此之外品相良好。
壺蓋:粉紅電氣石
重量:88.9 克
尺寸:含蓋高63 毫米,頸部直徑22 毫米,嘴部直徑8 毫米
拍賣結果比較:一件相似鼻烟壺于2015年3月16日紐約邦翰思《Barbara and Marvin Dicker收藏中的中國鼻烟壺》,拍號1011,成交價 USD $6,875。