A SILVER AND GOLD-INLAID BLACK-LACQUERED WOOD SNUFF BOTTLE
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1897
A SILVER AND GOLD-INLAID BLACK-LACQUERED WOOD SNUFF BOTTLE Dated autumn day, dingyou year, 1897 Decorated on one side with a landscape scene with a scholar on a bridge below the date, the reverse with a twenty-five-character calligraphic inscription; stopper.
2 1/2in (6.3cm) high For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website 丁酉年(1897) 木胎黑漆錯金銀鼻烟壺 Qiu ri zuo 'autumn day made'. The twenty five-character inscription inlaid in silver wire to this snuff bottle originally was inscribed along the rim of a Western Han dynasty bronze The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles , New York and Tokyo, 1976, pp. 200-201, no. 747op. cit., illustrates the reverse side of our bottle alongside a similarly decorated example with chrysanthemum and rockwork on the main face, that bears the identical inlaid archaic-form inscription to ours.
That bottle bears the three-character seal of Ye Qianzhai, (Ya Chien-chai), possibly the maker, to the base.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- BLACK-LACQUERED WOOD
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- 2 1/2in (6.3cm) high
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 164499536
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.