A HEXAGONAL, FACETED AND INSCRIBED YIXING SNUFF BOTTLE Zhuping, 1832PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF KIM GREENA HEXAGONAL, FACETED AND INSCRIBED YIXING SNUFF BOTTLEZhuping, 1832Of tapering ovoid-form with six convex, vertical panels, the cylindrical neck with a blue enamel glaze on the interior, the fine hexagonal-shaped footrim with a blue enamel glazed base, the bottle incised on three of the panels using the 'iron-brush' technique with an inscription reading ji qingyun zhi mu'ai xi (breathing in the mist from clouds at twilight), signed Zhuping preceded by the date renchen dong ri (winter of 1832).2 1/4in (5.6cm) high壬辰 (1832) 竹坪 八棱宜興陶胎刻詩文鼻煙壺一件《竹坪》款Provenance:Edmund F. Dwyer John W. Sinclair, CA. Quinn's Auction House, December 10, 2011, lot 133 Kim Green collection no. 134