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A RARE INCISED LACQUER SNUFF BOTTLE Signed Geng Xichi, 1800-1880 (2) image 1
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A European Private Collection of Snuff Bottles (Lots 525-547)
Lot 534

A RARE INCISED LACQUER SNUFF BOTTLE
Signed Geng Xichi, 1800-1880

12 – 19 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, Knightsbridge

£1,500 - £2,000

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A RARE INCISED LACQUER SNUFF BOTTLE

Signed Geng Xichi, 1800-1880
Of rounded rectangular form, one side incised with a bird on a willow branch, the other with a poetic inscription signed Xichike, stopper
The bottle 5.4cm (2 1/8in) high. (2).

Footnotes

一八零零至一八八零 耿西池刻款黑漆鳥紋鼻煙壺
款識:〈一〉曉來枝上千般語,何處經年送好音。西池刻。
〈二〉梅溪製。

The signature apparently refers to Geng Xichi of Yangzhou. Little is known of the carver, but for another of his bottles see Moss et. al., The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, vol. 2, no. 309.

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