Of translucent white nephrite, the small container of perfect cylindrical section, the rim bordered with a rope pattern, the base inscribed with a Qianlong nian zhi mark.

Provenance: The Winston Collection

Condition: A couple of minute frits to the edge.

The bowls similarly decorated in underglaze blue, the exterior walls painted with flowering sprays of pomegranate, peaches and lychees between two stylized borders, the interior with a design of three peaches at the bottom of the bowl. The base is inscribed with a six-character Guangxu mark in regular script.

Condition: Excellent

The interior and exterior decorated in various colored enamels with lychees, flowering vine and sprays of bamboo, the rim with slight remains of gilding, the base inscribed in iron-red with a six-character Guangxu mark in regular script.

Condition: Excellent

The mythical bird carved from off-white nephrite with some slight inclusions, holding a branch of peony in its beak, an auspicious sign symbolizing wealth, rank and good fortune.

Provenance: Ex. Erik Hancock

Condition: Overall in excellent condition, with a very small chip to the crown.

Black lacquer finely inlaid with iridescent shell and lacquer, the bottle of flattened shield form with a cylindrical and recessed foot, decorated on one side with magpies and a flowering peach tree within a panel, the reverse with a magpie perched on a branch of plum tree within a panel, the background with stylized floral and geometric patterns; matching stopper en suite.

This bottle belongs to a group of bottles referred to as laque Burgauté, which is a French term referring to black lacquerware inlaid with iridescent shell manufactured in the Far East. These bottles are sometimes referred to as Chinese and sometimes as Japanese made for the Chinese market in the late 19th century. Such confusion is drawn from the fact that the Japanese adopted this technique from the Chinese, with a proliferated production during the Meiji period. A Japanese school in particular worked this specific technique, with a very distinctive geometric style that can be found in this bottle and others of the same group. The school is called the Somada school and was founded by Somada Kiyosuke of Toyama in the Kyoho era (1716–1736). The technique was named after its founder and many members of his family continued to use it throughout the Edo and Meiji periods. Compare the present bottle with an identical bottle with a different subject illustrated in Hugh Moss, Snuff Bottles of China (London: 1971), cat. no. 151, and another in Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles III (London: 1990), cat. no. 85.

Provenance 起源:
Linda F. Crawley
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2000
Guo'an Collection
The Countess Peel Collection
Sydney Moss Ltd., 1966

Published 发布:
Asiantiques, A Fascination for Miniatures: The Linda F. Crawley Collection of Chinese Snuff (2008), cat. no. 110
Sotheby's Hong Kong, The Guo'an Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles, 30 October 2000, lot 566

Porcelain, of barrel shape with a short cylindrical neck decorated in underglaze blue of rich sapphire color with bands of geometric patterns, the foot and foot rims unglazed.

Provenance 起源: Linda F. Crawley

Published 发布: Asiantiques, A Fascination for Miniatures: The Linda F. Crawley Collection of Chinese Snuff (2008), cat. no. 99

Moulded porcelain decorated in various colored enamels and iron-red, depicting an official and his entourage aboard a junk sailing across scrolling waters, the other side depicting a dragon among clouds, a tiger and two warriors, the short cylindrical foot with a Jiaqing nian zhi (made during the Jiaqing period) mark in iron-red.

For an almost identical example with the same subject, see Sotheby's New York, The Neal W. and Frances R. Hunter Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles, 15 September 1998.

Provenance 起源: Linda F. Crawley

Published 发布: Asiantiques, A Fascination for Miniatures: The Linda F. Crawley Collection of Chinese Snuff (2008), cat. no. 90

Of celadon green nephrite with russet inclusions, carved two mandarin ducks clasping in their beak a branch of blossoming lotus flowers, the base with large lotus leaves. Together with a fitted wood stand.

Such carvings would be offered to newly weds to wish them a harmonious marriage and grant them children.

Length: 4 1/2 in. (11.6 cm.)
Height: 2 in. (4.7 cm.) without stand

Provenance:
P. Winston collection
E & J Frankel

A large pebble of green color wiht russet skin carved in the form of a crane clasping in its beak a branch of peach, both symbolizing longevity. Together with a carved wood stand and a fitted silk box.

Width: 4 in. (10.3 cm.)
Height (without stand): 2 3/8 in (6 cm.)
Height (with stand): 3 1/4 in. (7.7 cm.)

Provenance:
Private Collection, Chicago
Ashkenazie & Co., San Francisco

A nephrite carving of relatively even celadon color with russet inclusions, depicting an elegant and compassionate figure of a Bodhisattva seated in the position of Royal Ease on a rocky base. The base with a label from the Australian Antique Dealer Association.

Height: 6 in. (15 cm.)
Width: 3 1/2 in. (8.5 cm.)

Provenance: Australian collection