A FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN 'BATS AND CHIMES' SNUFF BOTTLE, LATE QING DYNASTY
China, 19th - early 20th century. Of flattened pear-shaped form raised on a short oval foot with shoulders sloping to a waisted neck with a gilt lip. The body symmetrically decorated on each side with a bronze chime suspended from an iron-red bat, above a stylized lotus spray, surrounded by leafy tendrils bearing flowers. The narrow sides with stylized flowerheads, all reserved on a bright and remarkably even turquoise ground. The neck encircled by interlocking ruyi heads and the foot by a band of scroll.


Provenance:
Marsha Vargas, Xanadu Gallery, San Francisco, United States, April 2008. Collection of Kim Green, no. 110, acquired from the above in Los Angeles, USA. A copy of the original collector’s notes for the present lot written by Kim Green, detailing the purchase from Marsha Vargas on 26 April 2008, accompanies this lot. Note that in these collector’s notes, the present lot is dated to the Republic period. Xanadu Gallery was established in 1979 by Marsha Vargas in San Francisco and offers antiquities and art from Asia, Oceania, and Latin America. The gallery continues to this day and is located in the historic Frank Lloyd Wright building off Union Square. Kim Green was a trained geologist and geochemist, serving as director of the Office of the Chief Scientist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. With her profound understanding and affection for snuff bottles and their unique tactile attributes, she built a deliberately limited and exclusive collection that she cherished intimately.

Condition:
Superb condition with minor wear and manufacturing irregularities, includind pitting and dark spots. The base with light scratches. Displaying remarkably well. Matching stopper!

Stopper: Gilt porcelain (matching)
Weight: 44.7 g
Dimensions: Height including stopper 61 mm. Diameter neck 15 mm and mouth 9 mm.


The base
with an apocryphal iron-red four-character seal mark Qianlong nianzhi.


The central lotus blossom
signifies purity, as it rises unsullied out of muddied water, and the bat (fu) symbolizes good fortune and happiness.




清末粉彩蝙蝠玉磬鼻煙壺

中國，十九世紀至二十世紀初。扁平，縮頸，斜肩，鼓腹，橢圓圈足，壺口鍍金。鼻煙壺松石綠色釉地粉彩描繪，頸部一周如意紋，正面飾紅色蝙蝠，嘴裏啣著玉磬，其下為纏枝蓮紋。側面也有纏枝蓮紋。


來源：
美國舊金山Marsha Vargas，Xanadu 藝廊，2008年 4 月；美國洛杉磯Kim Green 收藏，編號 110，購自上述收藏。該拍品隨附由Kim Green寫的本拍品的原始收藏筆記副本，詳細介紹了 2008年 4 月 26 日從Marsha Vargas處購買的拍品。 請注意，在這些藏家筆記中，本拍品的年代為民國時期。Xanadu 藝廊由 Marsha Vargas 於 1979 年在舊金山創立，提供來自亞洲、大洋洲和拉丁美洲的古董和藝術品。該藝廊一直延續至今，位於聯合廣場附近歷史悠久的弗蘭克·勞埃德·賴特大樓內。Kim Green 是一位經驗豐富的地質學家和地球化學家，擔任美國農業部首席科學家辦公室主任。因爲她對鼻煙壺有著深刻理解和情有獨鈡，她建立了一個十分獨特的收藏。

品相：
狀況極佳，有輕微磨損和製造不規則，包括麻點和黑點。底座有輕微劃痕。配套壺蓋！

壺蓋：陶瓷鎏金
重量：44.7 克
尺寸：含蓋高61 毫米. 頸部直徑15 毫米 及壺口直徑9 毫米

圈足内礬紅釉四字寄托款“乾隆年製”。