Ingenious Bottles: Diversity of Style and Material in Chinese Snuff


exhibitions > current: Ingenious Bottles: Diversity of Style and Material in Chinese Snuff Bottles May 27 - July 1, 2006 Thumbnails: 1 2 3

The exhibition features a private collection of Chinese snuff bottles, acquired from 1966 to 1970. All details not noted here; for condition reports, please contact the gallery.

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	21 Compressed flask form cloisonné bottle with gilded stopper Motif of One Hundred Antiquities with floral and tendril borders Probably 1820 - 1880 $2,500			22 Flask form ivory bottle with ivory stopper Motif of a Taoist with young attendant on either side Probably late 19th century $650

	23 Compressed ovoid mottled carnelian bottle with carnelian stopper Motif of peach boughs Probably 19th century From Hugh M. Moss, Ltd., London, 1970 $1,750			24 Mellon-form jade bottle with glass or crystal stopper Motif of leaves and vines Probably 20th century $650

	25 Double gourd-shaped bottle with jade stopper Motif of gourds and vines 18th century or earlier From Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 1966 $5,000			26 Elongated bamboo bottle Motif of a goose in flight Probably early 20th century Purchased from J. M. Robinson, Villanova, Pennsylvania, 1966 $350

	27 Compressed pear form enamel bottle with gilt bronze stopper Motif of a woman in European dress on either side Canton, 1860 - 1930 Purchased from J. M. Robinson, Villanova, PA, 1966 $1,500			28 Flask form of pearl shell bottle with jade stopper Motif of Shou Lao, the Star God holding a peach Circa 18th century Ex Wilkinson collection, from Sidney Moss, London, 1967 $2,500