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1821-1850 道光 精美三色碧石「耄耋圖」及鴿犬鼻煙壺一件
Provenance:
Patricia Miller Collection, Hawaii
Robert Kleiner, London, 2005
來源:
Patricia Miller收藏,夏威夷
Robert Kleiner,倫敦,2005年
For a jasper bottle with identical subjects to each side, see Christie's New York, 12 September 2018, The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part VI, lot 740
For another jasper bottle with a similar scene of a cat and butterfly to one side (a cricket and gourd cricket cage to the other), dated 1780-1870, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, New York and Tokyo, 1993, p. 236, no. 145.The subject of a cat and butterfly was a popular one expressing a wish, in rebus form, for longevity. the reverse side, with a similarly dynamic scene, offers us a clue to the dating. The subject of Pekinese dogs in combination with doves was a favorite subject of the Daoguang Emperor and his consort and can be found on many Daoguang-marked Imperial ceramics and snuff bottles.