Lot 207
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[PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION] GROUP OF THREE CHINESE MOULDED AND CARVED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Auction: 06 November 2026 from 10:00 GMT
Description
清 粉彩浮雕十八羅漢紋、白釉瓷胎鏤雕 及 藍釉瓷胎鏤雕獅子戲球紋鼻煙壺（共三件）
comprising: one ovoid-form famille rose moulded ‘Eighteen Arhat’ snuff bottle, with a green stopper; one white-glazed reticulated ‘Buddhist lions’ snuff bottle, the exterior moulded and reticulated to depict grinning Buddhist lions playfully chasing ribboned brocade balls between two bands of ruyi, a band of leiwen around the neck, with a pink stopper; together with one blue-glazed reticulated ‘Buddhist lions’ snuff bottle, with a translucent pink stopper (3)
Dimensions
largest: 7cm high without stopper
Provenance
Private English collection, London; inherited from the artist Lottie Davis, by repute gifted to her by the Office of the Chargé d’Affaires in Beijing in the mid-20th century.
英格蘭私人收藏，倫敦；繼承自藝術家洛蒂・戴維斯（Lottie Davis），據傳其於20世紀中葉由北京大使館贈予。
Footnote
A highly comparable example of the white-glazed reticulated ‘Buddhist lions’ snuff bottle, dated to the Qing dynasty, Jiaqing period, is in the British Museum, museum no. Franks.94.b. Also see one example, bearing Jiaqing seal mark and of the period, previously in the Trudy and John Neville Cohen Collection, sold at Bonhams London, 18 May 2026, lot 333. For a colour-glazed example, compare to one in turquoise, dated to the 1st quarter of the 19th century, in the Walters Art Museum, accession no. 49.101.