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A yellow and russet jade 'sampan' snuff bottle 18th/19th century
16 May 2019, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,062.50 inc. premium
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A yellow and russet jade 'sampan' snuff bottle
18th/19th century
Carved in relief on one side with a landscape depicting a sage crossing a river on a sampan beneath high cliffs and pine trees, above a continuous border of crashing waves picked out in the russet skin, the reverse with a cluster of vaporous clouds issuing a pearl, the shoulders with animal-mask handles. 6.3cm (2 1/2in) high.
Carved in relief on one side with a landscape depicting a sage crossing a river on a sampan beneath high cliffs and pine trees, above a continuous border of crashing waves picked out in the russet skin, the reverse with a cluster of vaporous clouds issuing a pearl, the shoulders with animal-mask handles. 6.3cm (2 1/2in) high.
Footnotes
十八/十九世紀 黃玉帶皮泛舟圖鼻煙壺
Provenance: according to family history, which is supported by family records illustrating the progress of British troops in Beijing at the time, this object was acquired by a military attaché posted to Beijing at the time of the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. He was attached to the staff of Brigadier-General A.Gaselee, the commander of the British contingent.
來源:據家族歷史記錄,1900年義和團運動期間,藏家作為英國准將阿爾弗雷德·蓋斯利的隨行外交官得此拍品於北京。
























