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Charll shared this beautiful Xianfeng (1851-1861) dated bottle depicting NeZha combating the Dragon King amongst a rolling sea of blue and eight mythical sea creatures.


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 11 
 on: March 24, 2024, 04:24:38 am 
Started by rpfstoneman - Last post by Joey Silver / Si Zhouyi 義周司
Dear Charll,

    See my response to your first ex.coll.Kim Green bottle.
Best,
Joey

 12 
 on: March 24, 2024, 04:22:39 am 
Started by rpfstoneman - Last post by Joey Silver / Si Zhouyi 義周司
Your bottle is a stunning blue, Richard.
Wonderful!
Joey

 13 
 on: March 24, 2024, 02:23:10 am 
Started by rpfstoneman - Last post by richy88
Nice colour, Charll!

 14 
 on: March 24, 2024, 02:08:28 am 
Started by rpfstoneman - Last post by richy88
Hi Charll

Thanks for sharing this sapphire blue bottle.

It reminds me of my bottle too.

Here it is.

Regards.


Richard

 15 
 on: March 23, 2024, 08:54:05 pm 
Started by rpfstoneman - Last post by Joey Silver / Si Zhouyi 義周司
Dear John,

    Thank you for posting it on my behalf.
Here is the info on it:
H- 57mm / 2.24 inches [w/o stopper]
Dated ca. 1780 - 1850
Provenance: ex.Bob Hall ltd, London;
Ex.private collection in Netherlands, bought from Bob in 1987;
ex. Susan Page ltd, London, bought by me on 11.December 2019
Illustrated in Chinese Snuff Bottles # 1, Robert Hall ltd., London, # 46.

Ranking [by Clare Chu] : 8***  [Ranking goes 1* - 10***]
As nice as these might be, Appliqué glass SBs don't get much higher
a ranking than 9*. Whereas a fine glass SB or overlay SB could be ranked 10***...
Best,
Joey


 16 
 on: March 23, 2024, 08:40:08 pm 
Started by rpfstoneman - Last post by Joey Silver / Si Zhouyi 義周司
Dear Charll,

    I envy you on two counts:
1. A superb bottle and definitely Imperial Glass Works
2. From the collection of the late Kim Green of Alexandria, VA,
and a dear friend, who is sorely missed.
I last saw her at the LA Convention in 2016. A few days afterward, s
he collapsed just after arriving home, and died in January 2017.
We'd first connected in the Chicago convention in 1989.
And Kim Green, her husband Jim Pastorick, Clare Chu [then Lawrence]
and I, along with a number of other collectors, became good friends.
I even went to visit Kim & Jim in Old Town Alexandria VA., a few times.
My last visit there was to honour Kim's memory at a memorial in May 2017.

But I would date the bottle to ca. 1690 - 1750, since the Kangxi Imperial
Glass Works were founded in 1690.

If you are ever selling this bottle...
Best Wishes,
Joey

 17 
 on: March 23, 2024, 05:22:49 pm 
Started by rpfstoneman - Last post by Fiveroosters aka clayandbrush
This is very nice too!

 18 
 on: March 23, 2024, 05:21:31 pm 
Started by rpfstoneman - Last post by Fiveroosters aka clayandbrush
Superb!! Dear Charll, really superb. What a jewel.
Kind regards
Giovanni

 19 
 on: March 23, 2024, 04:43:13 pm 
Started by rpfstoneman - Last post by rpfstoneman
All, here is the other recent bottle acquisition from the Bonhams LA auction of 5 December 2023.  A Sapphire blue glass bottle with a highly crizzled interior.

Sapphire Blue Glass Snuff Bottle:
An elongated brilliant sapphire blue glass bottle with a slender body gently tapering towards a finely finished, oval raised footrim, with a cylindrical neck, flat lip, and fine crizzled interior.  Coiled chi long coral colored glass stopper with a green glass collar, and a long shovel ivory spoon.  Bottle height is 7.6 cm without stopper by 1.8 cm in width at the bottle’s breast.  Weight without stopper is 28.8 g.  [WHR = 0.3789]

Per Moss at.al., A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Bloch Collection, Vol 5, Part 1, on standard glass works the glass disease of crizzling manifests itself on all surfaces of a vessel, whereas in snuff bottles it is often confined to the inner surfaces.  Crizzling is a common feature of much of the surviving Kangxi glass attributed to the Imperial glassworks, of several reign marked Yongzheng examples, and imperial glass as late as the 1780s, as well with a few occasional examples from as late as the mid-nineteenth century.

Period: ca. 1700-1750

Condition:  Good.  Measured surface abrasion from use and a minuscule nibbling to the foot rim.

Provenance:  Bonhams, Asian Works of Art, Los Angeles, 5 December 2023, Lot 141.  (Two Bottle Lot)
                    Property From the Collection of Kim Green collection no. 45
                    C. G. Sloan & Co., Chevy Chase, 27 March 1998

Charll



 

 20 
 on: March 23, 2024, 03:41:37 pm 
Started by rpfstoneman - Last post by rpfstoneman

All, just getting around to cataloging another recent bottle from a Bonhams LA auction of 5 December 2023.  This is one in a two bottle lot, and was the targeted bottle of the purchase.  I've been looking for a good amethyst glass bottle for some years now, an finally got an exceptional one in my assessment.
 
Amethyst Glass Snuff Bottle:
Flattened ovoid transparent purple glass bottle imitating amethyst with a neat oval raised footrim, a deeply waisted neck supporting a flat lip, each facial side has conforming raised panel separated by two vertical raised and sensitively recessed panels on the narrow sides.  Bottle was likely mold blown to create the uniform elliptical interior that matches the facial panels.  Bottle walls intentionally crafted thick to give weight and perception of stone.  Stopper is an amethyst cabochon set in a beaded brass bezel collar with neat fawn colored ivory spoon.  Bottle height is 5.3 cm without stopper by 1.6 cm wide.  Weight without stopper 37.3 g. [WHR= 0.7038]

Period: ca. 1780-1850

Condition:  Very good condition.  Minor wear and abraded surfaces and a minuscule compress crack on raised footrim.

Provenance:  Bonhams, Asian Works of Art, Los Angeles, 5 December 2023, Lot 141.  (Two Bottle Lot)
                    Property From the Collection of Kim Green Collection no. 116
                    Quinn's, Falls Church, 22 May 2010, Lot 298 (one of a two bottle lot)
                    Private New Zealand Collection

Sometime after the Quinn's sale (2010) someone provided a much better stopper for the bottle.  Charll



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