[PRIVATE SCOTTISH COLLECTION, EDINBURGH] GROUP OF THREE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES
19TH-20TH CENTURY
£1,512
Auction: 16 May 2025 from 09:00 BST
Description
十九至二十世紀 瑪瑙巧雕鳥紋、水草瑪瑙素面 及 張葆田款 髮晶內畫池塘魚紋鼻菸壺 帶木座(共三件)
comprising: one agate bottle of compressed globular form, decorated with birds on one side, with a pink quartz carved stopper; one moss agate tall bottle of plain form, with a turquoise stone stopper; and an oval inside-painted hair crystal bottle, signed ‘Zhang Baotian’, dated to the Geng Zi year, corresponding to 1900AD, with a purple quartz stopper, all with wooden stands (3)
Dimensions
heights: 4.4cm to 8.1cm without stopper; 6.3cm to 9.3cm with stopper
Provenance
Private Scottish collection of an avid collector of Asian art over six decades, Edinburgh; Inherited from the current owner’s father.
蘇格蘭私人收藏,愛丁堡,收藏亞洲藝術年逾六旬。繼承自現任藏家之父親。