Lot 126

[PRIVATE SCOTTISH COLLECTION, GLASGOW] CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'HORSE' SNUFF BOTTLE

JINGWEI TANG MARK

Asian Works of Art

Auction: 16 September 2026 from 10:00 BST

Estimate: £300 - £500

Description

敬畏堂款青花駿馬圖鼻菸壺

of flattened bottle form, one side painted with two horses underneath pine tree, the base inscribed with a three-character ‘Jing Wei Tang’ mark

Dimensions

6.2cm high

Provenance

Private Scottish collection, Glasgow; Inherited from the current owner's parents, who lived in Southeast Asia for over 35 years since the 1960s.

蘇格蘭私人收藏，格拉斯哥；繼承自現任藏家之父母，其父母自20世紀60年代起於東南亞居住逾35年。

Footnote

Compare to a moulded porcelain ‘crane’ snuff bottle, Jing Wei Tang mark, dated to 1820-1850, previously in the Dr. Sylvan and Faith Golder collection, offered in Bonhams New York, 11 September 2017, lot 9122; Also see a blue-glazed bowl and a dish, Jing Wei Tang mark, dated to 18th-early 19th century, sold at Christie's New York, 19 Sep 2014, lot 893. According to the catalogue, in Ming Wilson's Rare Marks on Chinese Porcelain, London, 1998, p. 114, the hall mark, Jingwei tang, 'Hall of Reverent Awe' was the studio name of Li Hu, alias Duanren, style name Zhucun, a native of Cixi, but that it has also ‘been suggested that porcelains bearing the Jingwei Tang mark once belonged to the Manchu high official Agedunbu.’ Pieces bearing this mark also appear to have been made not only between the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods, but also between the Jiaqing and Daoguang periods, perhaps indicating that the hall was in use for several generations.