Chinese
Two Chinese Blue and White Snuff Bottles, 19th Century 清十九世纪 青花八仙及缠枝莲纹鼻烟壶两件
porcelain
2 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in, 7 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 CAD
Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave
PROVENANCE
The bottle with lotus: T. C. M. O’Donovon Collection
Elisabeth and Ladislas Kardos
Collection of Mary Margaret Young (1923-2005)
The Meriem Collection Important Chinese Snuff Bottles, Part II, Christie’s New York, March 19, 2008, lot 303
Private Collection, Montreal
The bottle with immortals: Huntington Collection
Collection of Mary Margaret Young (1923-2005)
The Meriem Collection Important Chinese Snuff Bottles, Part II, Christie’s New York, March 19, 2008, lot 303
Private Collection, Montreal
LITERATURE
Immortals bottle: Arts of Asia, March - April 1974, page 47
EXHIBITED
Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver, 1992
The larger with overall design of lotus blooms and scrolling vine on a vanilla-toned crackled ground, base with six-character Yongzheng mark, coral and mother-of-pearl stopper; the smaller of faceted form and depicting the eight Daoist immortals, ivory and carnelian stopper.
Please note: the dimensions listed are for the larger bottle.
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