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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
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A FINE AND RARE PALE GREEN OVERLAY ᪺ڊՌ ڊ̐ˡ☹ Ⅾ঄଍⚸⨔ἼΎⴙ⊆ॲ㸭ᵜ૑
WHITE GLASS BOTTLE
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QING DYNASTY, 1770-1850
ٳᘹ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿⤔⽚ 卻ᆭⰰᏙ㮰卼
The single overlay is carved with a continuous design of orchids )VHI . .PTT -UE
growing from a rocky ground with a relief inscription in draft
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script - 'The [reflection of the] moon in the water is exceedingly
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pure and beautiful', followed by the name Jiting.
2 ‰ in. (7.38 cm.) high, stopper
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HK$40,000-60,000 US$5,200-7,800 צ೥ᇑ卿Ƕ 4FMFDUFE $IJOFTF 4OVGG #PUUMFT GSPN UIF + +
$PMMFDUJPOǷ卿ٳᘹ卿 卿ག㬷ࣿஎ‸ ⽚
PROVENANCE
⡥⡙צ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 6 March 1979, lot 196 (color
frontispiece) Ⴝळ༈ࢷ⁒㱦卿ᙲ࠼஽卿 ჺ
Hugh M. Moss Ltd. ᯧ⼵ݐ◙႙⻱ࢷ⁒㱦卿Ƕ4OVGG #PUUMFT GSPN $IJOB厍5IF + +
The J & J Collection; sold at Christie’s New York, 30 March $PMMFDUJPOǷ卿ᯧ⼵ݐ◙卿 ჺ
2005, lot 88 ഌ⣠ᇪԋஇ⻱ワఫ㞖ᝯ卿Ƕ5IF "SU PG UIF $IJOFTF 4OVGG #PUUMF
5IF + + $PMMFDUJPOǷ卿ٳᘹ卿 ჺ
EXHIBITED
Christie’s , 100 Selected Chinese Snuff Bottles from The J & J Collection, 㚣Ӷࡘᙱ⻱ワࢷ⁒㱦卿ד⧲㞑㙤卿 ჺ
King Street, London, 1987, front cover and no. 31 ᯳⁞⼵⻱ワࢷ⁒㱦卿᯳⁞⼵卿 ჺ
Christie’s New York, 1993 இ⛁᫓टࢷ⁒㱦卿Ƕߣᝳᰠ഍ 䁉ὸ೭⎏ӽ⊤Ƿ卿झ࢈卿
Empress Place Museum, Singapore, 1994 ჺ
Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Snuff Bottles from China. The J & J
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Collection, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1996-1997
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The Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, The Art of the
Chinese Snuff Bottle: The J & J Collection, London, 1997 ֩Ḝ
Naples Museum of Art, Florida, 2002
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Portland Museum of Art, Oregon, 2002
National Museum of History, The Miniature World: An exhibition of .PTT卿(SBN卿5TBOH卿Ƕ5IF "SU PG UIF $IJOFTF 4OVGG #PUUMF
snuff bottles from the J & J Collection, Taipei, 2002 5IF + + $PMMFDUJPOǷ卿✄Հݺ卿⡥⡙ࣿែ՗卿 ჺ卿எ‸
Poly Art Museum, The Art of Chinese Snuff Bottle: Selected Snuff ⽚
Bottle Collection of James Li, Beijing, 2003
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LITERATURE
JICSBS, Autumn 1989, front cover
Moss, Graham, Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle. The J & J
Collection, New York/Tokyo, 1993, vol. II, no. 396.
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