Footnotes

• The auspicious design here is referred to as hai wu tian shou, which literally translates as 'may the ancient house for storing changes bring the longevity'. The inscriptions express the blessings of longevity.
  
  See a rock-crystal 'Buddhist Emblems' snuff bottle of almost identical form from the Mary and George Bloch collection, illustrated by Moss, Graham and Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol.2, Hong Kong, 1998, p.416, no.334. See also a rock-crystal snuff bottle carved with a floral design, preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and illustrated by Helen White, Snuff Bottles from China - The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, 1990, pl.43, no.2.
  
  清 1736-1850 水晶雕海屋添籌詩文鼻煙壺
  
  壺以透明水晶作胎，扁瓶形，溜肩，短頸嵌銀製如意雲頭紋，橢圓形底內凹。壺身一面以淺浮雕手法刻海屋添籌圖，澎湃海水中白浪翻湧，海水中升起幾道祥雲，雲中一亭台閣樓露出重簷，上空一仙鶴口銜丹書上，象徵「添壽」之意。壺身另一面則刻詩詞：「欲卜長年登壽域，請看海屋更添籌」。
  
  參看瑪麗及莊智博收藏另外一件清中期水晶雕八吉祥鼻煙壺，其形制及雕刻工藝都與本壺相類，莫士撝, Victor Graham 及曾嘉寶著，《A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection》，第2冊，第二部份，頁416，編號334。另外一件形制幾乎一致的水晶雕纏枝紋鼻煙壺，現藏於英國國立維多利亞及艾伯特博物館，見 Helen White著，《Snuff Bottles from China - The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection》，1990年，圖版43，編號2，雖纏枝花卉紋樣是由當時受到乾隆帝榮寵的莫臥兒玉雕啟發而來，但其水晶雕刻工藝與本壺基本雷同。

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