A PUCE-ENAMELED ‘LANDSCAPE’ SNUFF BOTTLE, REPUBLIC PERIOD
China, 1912-1949. Of meiping form with a baluster body supported on a short foot, the broad rounded shoulders surmounted by a short waisted neck and galleried rim with a flat lip. The exterior finely enameled with a vast mountainous landscape, a tranquil river meandering past rocky banks with tall trees and a pavilion, a scholar and his pupil admire a gushing waterfall in the distance, framed by blue-enameled (not underglaze) crashing waves above the foot and a band of alternating pendent trefoils and tassels to the neck.


Inscriptions
: One side with a poetic inscription, ‘The mountains are green all over and reflect in the river / In the sound of a cuckoo, the rain is like the mist’. Three seals.


Provenance
: From a noted Chinese private collector based in London, United Kingdom.

Condition
: Very good condition with minor wear and manufacturing irregularities including minor dark spots. Some fritting to the stopper.

Stopper: Glazed porcelain (matching)
Weight: 65.9 g
Dimensions: Height incl. stopper 80 mm, Diameter neck 11 mm and mouth 7 mm

The recessed base with an apocryphal blue-enameled four-character mark Qianlong nianzhi.


Literature comparison:

The present lot takes its inspiration from Qianlong-period puce-enameled snuff bottles decorated with landscapes. Compare a Beijing enamel snuff bottle with a puce-decorated European landscape, Qianlong mark and period, at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 9 April 2006, lot 1812. Compare a Beijing enamel snuff bottle with a puce-decorated landscape, with a Qianlong mark and period, at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 10 February 2021, lot 3016.




民國琺瑯彩紅山水鼻煙壺

中國，1912-1949。小口、短頸、豐肩、瘦底、圈足。外壁琺瑯紅彩通景繪山水人物圖。畫面中水面開闊，山石連綿，一位文人和他的學生欣賞遠處瀑布。足部藍彩波浪紋。頸部有一條交替下垂的流蘇紋飾帶。


款識：
綠遍山原色滿川，子規聲裏雨如烟。鈴印：旭，印；乾隆年製


來源：
英國倫敦的著名中國私人收藏家。

品相：
狀況非常好，有輕微磨損和製造缺陷，包括輕微黑點。壺蓋上有些磨損。

壺蓋: 陶瓷
重量：65.9克
尺寸：含蓋高 80 毫米，頸部直徑11 毫米，壺口直徑 7毫米

圈足内藍彩“乾隆年製”紀念款。


文獻比較：

本拍品的靈感來自於乾隆時期的紫琺瑯山水鼻煙壺。比較一件乾隆款及年代北京紫琺瑯歐式山水鼻煙壺，見香港蘇富比，2006年4月9日，lot 1812。比較一件清乾隆銅胎北京畫琺瑯胭脂紅山水鼻煙壺，見香港蘇富比，2021年2月10日，lot 3016。