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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
3097
AN IMPERIAL CARVED AGATE SNUFF ᪺̗㡳 ῕ῆ㡡ט྽㧎だᐸ㢴⸘⡪㸭ᵜ૑
BOTTLE Ǘ̗㡳྽㧎ǘטᢎ
IMPERIAL, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, ϝᬝ
QIANLONG YUTI INCISED MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
&ENVOE ' %XZFSⅧ⻦
The bottle is carved on either shoulder with a stylised, descending .BSUIB . 3FOLⅧ⻦卿⡥⡙צ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅
butterfly pierced with a tiny channel through the body, and finely
⽚
incised on either side with a poem in clerical script. One side is
inscribed Qianlong yuti (Imperial composition of the Qianlong
֩Ḝ
Emperor).
2 ¿ in. (5.3 cm.) high, stopper ⴢ೥ᖝ卿Ƕ$IJOFTF 4OVGG #PUUMFT PG UIF 4JMJDB PS 2VBSU[ (SPVQǷ卿
ٳᘹ卿 ჺ卿㮰
HK$150,000-250,000 US$20,000-32,000 . . 3FOL Ǹ1PFUSZ PO 5ISFF "HBUF 4OVGG #PUUMFTǹ卿Ƕ"SUT PG
PROVENANCE "TJBǷ卿 ჺ ᝲ卿 ឆ卿எ‸ 卿㮰
Edmund F. Dwyer Collection, California
ൈ᪞㨙㍡᫉ᐽ৅Ԡ㊄⏌㊯ᚺ卿㋇Ṻ㈇ XXX DISJTUJFT DPNǯ
The Estate of Martha M. Renk; sold at Christie’s New York, 20
September 2005, lot 456
LITERATURE
H. M. Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles of the Silica or Quartz Group,
London, 1971, p. 74
M. M. Renk, "Poetry on Three Agate Snuff Bottles", Arts of Asia,
vol. 7, no. 6, November - December 1977, pp. 68-90
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