An ivory 'boy and double gourd' snuff bottle
Qing dynasty, 1800-1900
Finely carved in the form of a young boy depicted supporting a sumptuous double-gourd, the tip of the gourd the aperture of the vessel, all naturalistically rendered with sensitive attention to detail, the boy's face set in a mischievous expression, with additional deftly incised lines delineating the creases of his robes, retaining original pigments.
5.8cm high.
Finely carved in the form of a young boy depicted supporting a sumptuous double-gourd, the tip of the gourd the aperture of the vessel, all naturalistically rendered with sensitive attention to detail, the boy's face set in a mischievous expression, with additional deftly incised lines delineating the creases of his robes, retaining original pigments.
5.8cm high.
Sold for
HK$ 312,500
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Illustrated:
Bob Stevens, Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, p.204, pl.771
Paul Braga, San Francisco Chinese Snuff Bottles Collectors, Part 1 , Arts of Asia, September-October 1983, Vol.13, No.5, p.108, pl.5
清 1800-1900 象牙雕童子抱葫蘆鼻煙壺
出版:
Bob Stevens,《Snuff Bottles》, 紐約, 1976年, 頁204, 圖版771
Paul Braga，〈San Francisco Chinese Snuff Bottles Collectors, Part 1〉，《Arts of Asia》，1983年9-10月，卷13，第五期，頁108，編號5
壺呈葫蘆形，旁有一童子蹲著雙手抱葫蘆，兩眼凝望遠方，可愛自然。壺上繪有不同顏色，藍衣紅鞋童子，紫灰色地上繪卷草紋葫蘆，雖本來的顏色已退掉了不少，但別有一番韻味。此壺雕工精細，衣紋理交代清楚，人物神態自然，手感細膩，匠心獨韻。
童子抱葫蘆有寓意子孫萬代，生生不息之意。常見以瓷胎製作童子抱葫蘆鼻煙壺，以象牙雕成的比較少見。瓷胎例子可參考本專場中，拍品編號26及110。
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