￡ 5,000 (CNY 43,922) 包括佣金

14/5/2015

邦瀚斯(Bonhams)

伦敦新邦德街

Fine Chinese Art

A fine red overlay turquoise glass phoenix snuff bottle 18th/19th century ,probably Imperial
18th/19th century ,probably Imperial
Of flattened pear shape ,skilfully carved through the thick red overlay to the turquoise ground with a she-shaped pendant on each side ,one side transforming into an archaistic powerful phoenix encircled by smaller chilongs ,the reverse incised with a bird-head in the style of scrolling clouds or flames ,coral stopper. 6.3cm (2?in) high (2).
注脚
十八/十九世纪 （或御製） 天蓝套漆红螭凤纹韘式鼻烟壶
Provenance: a European private collection and thence by descent
来源：欧洲私人收藏，后由家族传承
The present lot is depicted with a she-shaped pendant on each side. A she (韘) is an archaic archer’s ring first used during the Shang Dynasty; the earliest known example was excavated from the Shang Dynasty tomb of Fu Hao. The shape underwent a long process of development and became a less practical but decorative ornament in a more elaborate and flattened form. It remained popular during the Western Han Dynasty.
The combination of red overlay and turquoise glass became fashionable particularly towards the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th centuries. The turquoise-blue background is evocative of the summer sky leading to the typical design of landscape and outdoor scenes. The colour combination with the design of the she pendant in the present lot is thus rare and unusual. A related snuff bottle in a similar pattern but with different colour combination ,ruby-red overlay on milky ground ,is illustrated by H.Moss ,V.Graham ,K.B.Tsang ,A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection ,Vol.5 ,Glass ,Hong Kong ,2002 ,p.433 ,no.874. Also compare a green overlay on white glass snuff bottle with similar design in the Muwen Tang collection ,illustrated by S.Kwan ,Glass Snuff Bottles ,Hong Kong ,2009 ,p.382 ,no.293.