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18th/19th century
The flattened pear-shaped body rising from a short foot to a cylindrical neck, the translucent jade-green overlay around the body delicately carved through to the 'snowstorm' ground with a large cricket climbing a gnarled vine bearing ripe clusters of grapes and curling tendrils, a band of overlay forming the foot ring, stopper. 7.9cm (3 1/8in) high. (2).
Footnotes
The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). Ref.27LLW588
該批次中含有象牙的物品已根據《象牙法案》(章節10)註冊Ref.27LLW588
十八/十九世紀 霏雪地套綠料蟋蟀葡萄紋鼻烟壺
Provenance: The Harry Ross collection, London
Christie's London, 19 June 1978, lot 52
Trudy and John Cohen, collection no.B70
Harry Ross舊藏,倫敦
倫敦佳士得,1978年6月19日,拍品編號52
Trudy及John Cohen伉儷,藏品編號B70
Crickets ( 蟋蟀), traditionally kept as pets for their songs and prized fighting abilities, were also cherished for their homophonous association with happiness ( 喜) and auspiciousness ( 禧), making them a particularly popular decorative motif. Grapes, shown in ripe and abundant clusters, symbolise prosperity and fertility, while the curling tendrils of their vines ( 蔓), homophonous with ten thousand ( 萬), serve to amplify these auspicious meanings. Together, the imagery of crickets and grapes, both emblematic of autumn, makes the present lot both a fortuitous and seasonal bottle.
A snuff bottle of similar shape and subject but in red overlay, 18th/19th century, was sold at Christie's New York, 16 March 2016, lot 438.