12th Oct, 2023 13:00
THREE-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism
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A MOLDED AND YELLOW-GLAZED PORCELAIN ‘EAR OF CORN’ SNUFF BOTTLE, LATE QING TO REPUBLIC PERIOD
清末民初玉米穗鼻煙壺
Sold for €260
including Buyer's Premium
China, 1860-1940. The biscuit is naturalistically modeled in the form of an ear of corn with a rounded mouth and circular foot rim, covered overall in a yellow glaze save for the rim.
Provenance: Eldred’s, East Dennis, Massachusetts, USA, 27 August 2004. Collection of Cynthia G. Locke, acquired from the above and thence by descent. A copy of the original stamped and signed invoice from Eldred’s, dated 27 August 2004, accompanies this lot. Cynthia Graser Locke (1923-2019) was an American collector of snuff bottles who lived in Duxbury, Massachusetts. She was an active member of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society which allowed her to travel the world, attending many of the Society’s conventions.
Condition: Very good condition with minor old wear and expected manufacturing irregularities, such as tiny nicks and minuscule pitting.
Stopper: Pink quartz
Weight: 36.5 g
Dimensions: Height including stopper 80 mm. Diameter neck 12 mm and mouth 7 mm.
Please click here to read the full description
Literature comparison:
A closely related porcelain snuff bottle, also dated 1860-1940, 7 cm high, was exhibited by Bonhams San Francisco in the San Francisco Bay Area Snuff Bottle Collectors Exhibition, 25-29 October 2022, item 80.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 3 December 2021, lot 1093
Price: HKD 11,340 or approx. EUR 1,400 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A green-glazed porcelain 'corn' snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and size (7 cm). Note the different color and lost stopper.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Bonhams San Francisco, 22 June 2010, lot 2046
Estimate: USD 1,000 or approx. EUR 1,300 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A porcelain snuff bottle, Late Qing/Republic Period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, color, and size (7 cm).
点此阅读中文翻译 (Chinese Translation)
清末民初玉米穗鼻煙壺
中國，1860-1940年。鼻煙壺呈玉米穗狀，壺口圓潤，圈足，除口沿外通體施黃釉，十分可愛。
來源：美國馬薩諸塞州東鄧尼斯Eldred’s,藝廊，2004年8月27日；Cynthia G. Locke私人收藏，購於上述藝廊，保存至今。隨附一份藝廊2004年8月27日出具的蓋章並簽名的發票複印件。Cynthia Graser Locke (1923-2019年) 是一位住在美國馬薩諸塞州達克斯伯裡的鼻煙壺收藏家。她是國際中國鼻煙壺協會的活躍成員，環遊世界去參加協會的許多會議。
品相：狀況極好，有輕微的磨損和製造缺陷，例如微小的刻痕和點蝕。
壺蓋：粉紅石英
重量：36.5 克
尺寸：含壺蓋高80 毫米，頸部直徑12 毫米及壺口直徑 7 毫米
文獻比較：
一件非常相近的1860-1940 黃釉模製瓷胎玉米形鼻煙壺，高7 釐米，展覽於舊金山邦瀚斯《San Francisco Bay Area Snuff Bottle Collectors Exhibition》，2022年10月25-29日，編號80。
拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：香港蘇富比， 2021年12月3日，lot 1093
價格：HKD 11,340（相當於今日EUR 1,400）
描述：清十九世紀瓷胎綠釉玉蜀黍形鼻煙壺
專家評論：比較非常相近的外形和尺寸(7 釐米)。請注意不同的顏色和壺蓋。
拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：舊金山邦瀚斯，2010年6月22日，lot 2046
估價：USD 1,000（相當於今日EUR 1,300）
描述：清末民初玉米穗鼻煙壺
專家評論：比較非常相近的外形、顏色和尺寸(7 釐米)。
China, 1860-1940. The biscuit is naturalistically modeled in the form of an ear of corn with a rounded mouth and circular foot rim, covered overall in a yellow glaze save for the rim.
Provenance: Eldred’s, East Dennis, Massachusetts, USA, 27 August 2004. Collection of Cynthia G. Locke, acquired from the above and thence by descent. A copy of the original stamped and signed invoice from Eldred’s, dated 27 August 2004, accompanies this lot. Cynthia Graser Locke (1923-2019) was an American collector of snuff bottles who lived in Duxbury, Massachusetts. She was an active member of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society which allowed her to travel the world, attending many of the Society’s conventions.
Condition: Very good condition with minor old wear and expected manufacturing irregularities, such as tiny nicks and minuscule pitting.
Stopper: Pink quartz
Weight: 36.5 g
Dimensions: Height including stopper 80 mm. Diameter neck 12 mm and mouth 7 mm.
Please click here to read the full description
Literature comparison:
A closely related porcelain snuff bottle, also dated 1860-1940, 7 cm high, was exhibited by Bonhams San Francisco in the San Francisco Bay Area Snuff Bottle Collectors Exhibition, 25-29 October 2022, item 80.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 3 December 2021, lot 1093
Price: HKD 11,340 or approx. EUR 1,400 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A green-glazed porcelain 'corn' snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and size (7 cm). Note the different color and lost stopper.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Bonhams San Francisco, 22 June 2010, lot 2046
Estimate: USD 1,000 or approx. EUR 1,300 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A porcelain snuff bottle, Late Qing/Republic Period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, color, and size (7 cm).
点此阅读中文翻译 (Chinese Translation)
清末民初玉米穗鼻煙壺
中國，1860-1940年。鼻煙壺呈玉米穗狀，壺口圓潤，圈足，除口沿外通體施黃釉，十分可愛。
來源：美國馬薩諸塞州東鄧尼斯Eldred’s,藝廊，2004年8月27日；Cynthia G. Locke私人收藏，購於上述藝廊，保存至今。隨附一份藝廊2004年8月27日出具的蓋章並簽名的發票複印件。Cynthia Graser Locke (1923-2019年) 是一位住在美國馬薩諸塞州達克斯伯裡的鼻煙壺收藏家。她是國際中國鼻煙壺協會的活躍成員，環遊世界去參加協會的許多會議。
品相：狀況極好，有輕微的磨損和製造缺陷，例如微小的刻痕和點蝕。
壺蓋：粉紅石英
重量：36.5 克
尺寸：含壺蓋高80 毫米，頸部直徑12 毫米及壺口直徑 7 毫米
文獻比較：
一件非常相近的1860-1940 黃釉模製瓷胎玉米形鼻煙壺，高7 釐米，展覽於舊金山邦瀚斯《San Francisco Bay Area Snuff Bottle Collectors Exhibition》，2022年10月25-29日，編號80。
拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：香港蘇富比， 2021年12月3日，lot 1093
價格：HKD 11,340（相當於今日EUR 1,400）
描述：清十九世紀瓷胎綠釉玉蜀黍形鼻煙壺
專家評論：比較非常相近的外形和尺寸(7 釐米)。請注意不同的顏色和壺蓋。
拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：舊金山邦瀚斯，2010年6月22日，lot 2046
估價：USD 1,000（相當於今日EUR 1,300）
描述：清末民初玉米穗鼻煙壺
專家評論：比較非常相近的外形、顏色和尺寸(7 釐米)。
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