22 Mar 2011
10:00 EDT
New York
The Linda Riddell Hoffman Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles
Back to auction 19263
The Linda Riddell Hoffman Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles
Back to auction 19263
A molded and carved biscuit porcelain figural snuff bottle
1800-1880
Round mouthrim, flat base surrounded by a convex footrim, the bottle depicting a smiling figure of Dongfang Shuo seated on a giant peach, while holding a peach in his hands and one around his neck, stopper.
2¾in (7cm) high (2).
Round mouthrim, flat base surrounded by a convex footrim, the bottle depicting a smiling figure of Dongfang Shuo seated on a giant peach, while holding a peach in his hands and one around his neck, stopper.
2¾in (7cm) high (2).
Sold for
US$ 10,370
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 瓷胎模製人物鼻煙壺
This bottle is part of a small and rare group of mid- to late-Qing dynasty porcelain snuff bottles depicting Dongfang Shuo, who was born in Shandong in 160 BC and famously stole and ate some magical peaches from the orchard of Xiwangmu, Queen Mother of the West. Compare another similar bottle from the J&J Collection, see H.Moss, V.Graham and K.B.Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle. The J&J Collection, Vol.I, New York, 1993, no.247.
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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