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Lot 93
Two vintage fur jackets to include a boxy palomino mink jacket with bracelet length sleeves and hook fastening along with a boxy sapphire cross mink jacket with bracelet length sleeves, opalescent buttons and scalloped detailing to hem. Both in good condition with no balding or moulting to fur, strong linings without marks. Both to fit a size S approx.(2)
Lot 23
A SAPPHIRE-BLUE OVERLAY GLASS ‘CHILONG’ BOTTLE VASE, QIANLONG MARK AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD 乾隆款涅白地套寶石藍料雙龍戲珠紋長頸瓶，或爲其年代Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價China, 1760-1860. The globular body supported on a short and massive foot, rising to a tall neck tapering towards the lipped rim, formed from a solid block of opaque milky white glass, finely overlaid with a layer of translucent blue glass, neatly carved in high relief and detailed with very fine incision work to depict two dragons chasing the flaming pearl amidst scrolling clouds. The recessed base with a wheel-cut four-character mark, Qianlong nianzhi, within a double square.Provenance: From a French private collection.Condition: Very good condition with expected wear and manufacturing flaws, such open bubbles, glass swirls and striations, as well as minor other irregularities and flaws within glass. Few minuscule nicks, smoothened over time.Weight: 358.8 gDimensions: Height 14.7 cm Literaure comparison:Compare with a sapphire-blue on white glass bottle vase at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, accession number C.100-1913. Auction result comparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 24 November 2014, lot 1103Price: HKD 325,000 or approx. EUR 46,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A sapphire-blue overlay white glass ‘vine’ bottle vase Qing dynasty, 18th century.Expert remark: Compare the closely related form. 乾隆款涅白地套寶石藍料雙龍戲珠紋長頸瓶，或爲其年代中國，1760-1860年。長頸，溜肩，鼓腹，圈足。不透明的乳白色玻璃，套半透明的寶石藍色料，高浮雕雙龍戲珠。圈足內刻有“乾隆年製”四字款。 來源：法國私人收藏。 品相：狀況非常好，有磨損、開放氣泡、玻璃漩渦和條紋，玻璃有製造不規則，一些微小的刻痕，隨著時間的推移而變得平滑。 重量：358.8 克 尺寸：高14.7 厘米 文獻比較： 比較一件涅白地套寶石藍料瓶，收藏於維多利亞和亞伯特博物館，倫敦，館藏編號C.100-1913。 拍賣結果比較： 形制：非常相近 拍賣：香港蘇富比，2014年11月24日，lot 1103 價格：HKD 325,000（相當於今日EUR 46,500） 描述：清十八世紀涅白地套藍料葡萄紋長頸瓶 專家評論：比較非常相近的外形。
Lot 136
A TURQUOISE MATRIX SNUFF BOTTLE, CHINA, 18TH CENTURY 十八世紀綠松石紋理鼻煙壺 Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價Of flattened form, well hollowed, the rounded rectangular body supported on an oval foot rising to a short cylindrical neck with a narrow mouth. The stone of variegated turquoise and green tones, some areas with a yellowish tinge, and dramatic dark blue veining of the matrix on either side.Provenance: From a prominent New York snuff bottle collector.Condition: Very good condition with expected old wear and some organic weathering. The stone with natural fissures, some of which may have developed into small hairline cracks over time. Very minor nicks around the rim.Stopper: Sapphire with a beaded gilt metal collar, probably matching and also dating to the 18th century Weight: 83.9 g Dimensions: Height including stopper 68 mm. Diameter neck 19.5 mm and mouth 6 mm. The universal gem standard for turquoise is that the more brilliant the sky-blue color, the more valuable the stone, but in China, it is clear that both green and blue veined material was equally valued. The evidence lies in snuff bottles made from other materials that evoke turquoise. Of the entire turquoise range of Qing glass snuff bottles, many more are of a green tint than a sky-blue one. Porcelain imitations of the material are even more informative. Both the green and blue varieties were regularly copied during the mid-Qing period. One of the finest imitation turquoise bottles is in the Ault Collection (Kleiner 1990, no. 131). It probably dates from the late eighteenth century and is of a distinctly green color. In the same publication, a magnificent and unique porcelain bottle made for the Master of the Xie Bamboos, whose hall name appears on other known porcelains of the first half of the nineteenth century, simulates a turquoise-matrix bottle with panels of calligraphy in iron-red on white. Not only is the color unambiguously green, it is as riddled with black matrix markings as any of the real material carved into bottles.Expert’s note: Whatever the color of the material may have meant, this example is intriguingly marked with some well-figured matrix, unusual speckling across both faces of the bottle, and intriguing darker staining, possibly partly due to handling but too well defined to stem purely from patination. This is one of the star turquoise bottles known, of lovely color and material. It is also superbly formed, with matching perfection of finish. Therefore, this bottle can be firmly dated to the 18th century.Literature comparison:For a related snuff bottle, see Michael Hughes, The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin. Chinese Snuff Bottles, The International Snuff Bottle Society, Baltimore, 2009, page 190, pl. 151.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 25 May 2014, lot 1068 Price: HKD 237,500 or approx. EUR 34,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A turquoise matrix snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, 18th / 19th century Expert remark: Compare the closely related color. Note the different form. Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie’s New York, 26 March 2010, lot 1162 Price: USD 8,750 or approx. EUR 11,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A rare turquoise snuff bottle, 1780-1850. Expert remark: Compare the color. Note the different form and smaller size (5.5 cm).
Lot 192
A LARGE AND BARBED FAMILLE VERTE ‘WARRIOR’ DISH, KANGXI PERIOD 康熙大型花口硬彩刀馬人物盤Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價China, 1662-1722. The shallow rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to an everted foliate rim. Finely painted in bright enamels, including a magnificent sapphire-blue, with gilt highlights to depict a dynamic scene of equestrian warriors, foot soldiers, and bannermen engaged in a battle, in a verdant mountain landscape with rockwork, trees, shrubbery, flowers, and swirling clouds. Encircled at the rim by shaped cartouches enclosing landscapes with rockwork and trees against a brocade-patterned ground. The recessed base with an underglaze-blue artemisia leaf mark within a double circle.Provenance: Collection of Madame de Rothschild. Sotheby’s Monaco, 21-22 May 1978, lot 78. A noted private collection in Geneva, Switzerland, acquired from the above, and thence by descent. An important part of this collection was on permanent loan and exhibited over several decades at the Asia-Africa Museum in Geneva. The base with two old collector’s labels, ‘O5.SSS’ and ‘A1’. The base with an old collector’s number inscribed, ‘AMA-3537’. A copy of the previous owner’s handwritten notes from 1978, confirming the provenance above, and detailing information regarding the present lot (numbered ‘3537/78’) accompanies this lot.Condition: Very good condition with some old wear and expected manufacturing irregularities. The rim with some fritting and few shallow chips. Occasional minor scratches. Minute flaking to enamels.Weight: 1,620 gDimensions: Diameter 37 cm Note the central general’s smiling expression, who is probably being ambushed by some of the fiercer-looking warriors surrounding him.Expert’s Note: During the early Qing dynasty, up until the early 1680s, conditions were unsettled in China and the making of Imperial wares as well as the use of reign marks on porcelain was restricted in various ways. During this period, different types of other marks came into use, including artemisia leaf marks.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Christie’s New York, 18 January 2018, lot 16 Price: USD 43,750 or approx. EUR 49,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A large famille verte dish, Kangxi period Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject with a similar battle scene, decoration with similarly vibrant sapphire blue, use of gilt, brocade pattern to the rim, and underglaze blue artemisia leaf mark within a double circle. Note the near-identical size (38.7 cm) as well as the straight everted rim (as opposed to the foliate rim on the present lot). 康熙大型花口硬彩刀馬人物盤中國，1662-1722 年。 花口，折沿，淺圓腹，圈足。精美琺瑯彩繪刀馬人物戰鬥場景。折沿錦地開光描繪山水風景。圈足雙圈內青花樹葉款。 來源：de Rothschild夫人收藏；摩納哥蘇富比，1978 年 5 月 21 日至 22 日，拍品 78；瑞士日內瓦著名私人收藏，購自上述人士，並由其後裔獲得。該藏品的重要部分被永久借出，並在日內瓦亞非博物館展出了數十年。 底座上有兩個舊收藏標籤，“O5.SSS”和“A1”。 底座上刻有舊收藏編號“AMA-3537”。 該拍品附有前主人 1978 年手寫筆記的副本，確認了上述出處，並詳細介紹了當前拍品（編號為“3537/78”）的詳細信息。 品相：狀況極好，有一些磨損，邊緣有一些熔塊和一些淺缺口，局部有輕微劃痕，局部釉面剝落。 重量：1,620 克 尺寸：直徑 37 厘米 拍賣結果比較： 形制：非常相近 拍賣：紐約佳士得，2018年1月18日，lot 16 價格：USD 43,750（相當於今日EUR 49,000） 描述：康熙粉彩盤 專家評論：比較非常相近的主題和刀馬場景，裝飾同樣充滿活力的寶藍色，邊緣使用鎏金、錦緞圖案，雙圈內有釉下藍色蒿葉標記。請注意幾乎相同 尺寸 (38.7 釐米) ，以及沒有外翻的邊緣（與當前批次的葉狀邊緣相反）。
Lot 137
A SAPPHIRE-BLUE GLASS OVERLAY ‘LOTUS POND’ SNUFF BOTTLE, ATTRIBUTED TO THE IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1750-1790 1750-1790年涅白地套寶石藍荷塘紋鼻煙壺，或爲御製Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價The baluster body supported on a short foot and rising to a rounded shoulder with tapered neck and thick everted rim. The exterior masterfully carved through the transparent sapphire-blue outer layer to the opaque milky-white ground with a single overlay of lotus growing in clumps of leaves, flowers, and buds from waves around the base. Provenance: Collection of John Gilmore Ford. The Albemarle Collection, acquired from the above. Robert Kleiner & Co. Ltd.. London, United Kingdom, 2004. A private collection in the United Kingdom, acquired from the above. A copy of the original invoice from Robert Kleiner & Co. Ltd., dated 30 September 2004, confirming the Imperial attribution and dating above, and stating a purchase price for the present lot of GBP 5,500 or approx. EUR 13,000 (converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing), accompanies this lot. John Gilmore Ford, former president of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, is a widely respected collector of Asian art, beginning his highly important collection already in his early twenties. He was strongly influenced by his godfather, Edward Choate O’Dell, the founder of the Chinese Snuff Bottle Society. Gary Vikan, director of the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, has said that, “Ford, more than anyone, has assumed the mantle of the collector whose scope and ambition has a civic dimension.” Condition: Pristine condition with minor surface wear, and some manufacturing irregularities.Stopper: Gilt bronzeWeight: 39.9 gDimensions: Height incl. stopper 83 mm, Diameter neck 18mm and mouth 7 mmLiterature comparison:Compare a closely related snuff bottle with green overlay in the Marquess of Exeter’s Collection, illustrated by Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Burghley House Collection, London, 1989, cat. no. 20.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Bonhams Hong Kong, 28 November 2011, lot 152 Price: HKD 300,000 or approx. EUR 48,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A sapphire-blue glass overlay ‘floral’ snuff bottle, 1740-1780 Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, color, and manner of carving. Note the different floral decoration and the size (61 mm). Note further that this bottle is attributed to the Imperial glassworks in Beijing, exactly like the present lot. 1750-1790年涅白地套寶石藍荷塘紋鼻煙壺，或爲御製頸部上窄下寬，溜肩，壺體修長，圈足。外壁涅白地，套寶石藍色料，精心呈現荷塘風景。 來源：John Gilmore Ford收藏；Albemarle 收藏，購於上述收藏；英國倫敦Robert Kleiner & Co. Ltd.藝廊，2004年；英國私人收藏，購於上述藝廊。隨附一份Robert Kleiner & Co. Ltd.藝廊2004年9月30日出具的發票副本，上面確認拍品為御製與斷代 以及售價GBP 5,500 相當於 EUR 13,000 (根據通貨膨脹率)。John Gilmore Ford曾經是國際中國鼻煙壺協會前主席，是一位深受尊敬的亞洲藝術收藏家。他二十歲出頭就開始了非常重要的收藏。 他深受其教父、中國鼻煙壺協會創始人Edward Choate O’Dell的影響。巴爾的摩沃爾特斯藝術博物館館長Gary Vikan 表示：“Ford比任何人都更能承擔起收藏家的責任，他的視野具有大衆維度。” 品相：原始狀態，表面輕微磨損、鑄造不規則。 壺蓋：銅鎏金 重量：39.9 克 尺寸：總高83毫米，頸部直徑18毫米，壺口直徑 7 毫米文獻比較： 比較一件非常相近的綠色鼻煙壺，Exeter侯爵收藏，見Robert Kleiner，《Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Burghley House Collection》，倫敦，1989年，圖錄編號20。 拍賣結果比較： 形制：非常相近 拍賣：香港邦瀚斯，2011年11月28日，lot 152 價格：HKD 300,000（相當於今日EUR 48,500） 描述：1740-1780年白套藍玻璃纏枝花卉紋鼻煙壺 專家評論：比較非常相近的外形、顏色和雕刻風格。請注意不同的花卉紋裝飾和尺寸 (61 毫米)。請注意此鼻煙壺可能是北京宮廷御製，和我們的鼻煙壺一樣。
Lot 139
AN INSCRIBED SAPPHIRE-BLUE OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, YANGZHOU SCHOOL, CHINA, 1800-1880Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價Published: Wang & Co., One Man’s Choice II, Beijing, 2009, page 24-25, number 22. The publication confirms the attribution and dating above.Exhibited: The International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, Dublin, Ireland, 20-24 October 2009Inscriptions: To one side, above the boy, ‘chu wu ni er bu ran’ (untainted though having grown from mud) one seal, ‘chen xin ru shui’ (the heart of your humble servant is as pure as water). To the other side, ‘tong xin zhi yan’ (language of the same hearts), one seal, ‘bing hu’ (icy bottle).Of flattened spherical form with a flat lip and sapphire-blue oval foot rim surrounding a flat recessed base. Exquisitely carved through the outer sapphire-blue layer to the translucent milky-white body with a boy holding up a lotus bud in a sampan floating along a lotus pond. Above the boy is the inscription in Xiao Zhuan (Qin-dynasty seal script). The other side is similarly decorated with a Taihu rock and flowering orchids above a miniature grass planter on its stand as well as a Yixing pottery teapot and a teacup, all below butterflies hovering above and another inscription. The sides are carved with animal masks suspending mock ring handles.Provenance: A private collection in France. Wang & Co., Beijing, October 2009. A private collection in the United Kingdom, acquired from the above for USD $12,000 or c. EUR 16,000 (converted and adjusted for inflation) according to a short note by the previous owner, of which a copy accompanies this lot. Wang & Co. is a noted gallery for Chinese antiques and works of art based in Beijing, run by Dick Wang, who had previously worked as an expert for Chinese art at Sotheby’s in New York and London.Condition: Good condition with minor wear and manufacturing irregularities, occasional light scratches, the foot rim with a minute old fill (1 x 3 mm), possibly inherent to manufacture.Stopper: Glass in imitation of coralWeight: 34.7 g Dimensions: Height incl. stopper 61 mm, Diameter neck 15 mm and mouth 5 mm Expert’s note: This bottle belongs to a group of similarly made and carved overlay bottles that may have been ordered by patrons of the scholar-official class. The composition is painterly as well as scholastic, and the execution is demonstrative of complete mastery of the glass carving skills. The first inscription is a line from Ai Lion Shuo (Ode to the Lotus) by Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073). It compares the beauty of the lotus flower that grows unblemished from mud on the bottom of a pond to virtues men ought to possess. The seal ‘chen xin ru shui’ comes from the Biography of Zheng Chong in the Book of Han. Zheng was head of chancery in the court of Liu Xin who enjoyed the confidence of the Emperor until he began having problems with the Empress Dowager Fu and her court favorite Dong Xian. Zheng was in high demand as an official, but after falling from favor, the Emperor accused Zheng of embezzlement because of his fame. Zheng replied, ‘chen men ru shi, chen xin ru shui’ (It is like a bazaar outside my door, but my heart is as pure as water). The seal ‘bing hu’ is an abbreviation of the last line of the famous four-line poem by Wang Changling (690-756): ‘yi pian bing xin zai yu hu’ (my heart is as bright as crystal ice in a jar of jade).Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Bonhams New York, 17 March 2014, lot 8003 Price: USD 25,000 or approx. EUR 29,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A blue overlay white glass snuff bottle, Yangzhou school, 1800-1840 Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, sapphire-blue overlay with similar boating scene, and animal masks with mock handles. Note the size (57 mm).Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Bonhams Hong Kong, 28 November 2011, lot 127 Price: HKD 275,000 or approx. EUR 44,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: An inscribed sapphire-blue glass overlay ‘a thousand volume of books’ snuff bottle, Songtai, probably Yangzhou, 1810-1880 Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, sapphire-blue overlay (albeit depicting a different subject), and animal masks with mock handles. Note the size (53 mm).
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