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Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection: Part X

Sotheby's Hong Kong
5/F One Pacific Place,
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Jun 01, 2015


Detail: The tenth and final installment of Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection consists of 214 lots of snuff bottles in different media, reflecting the rich diversity and artistry of Qing dynasty craftsmanship. The Mary and George Bloch Collection is legendary and counts among the finest Chinese snuff bottles ever made for the Imperial court and scholarly elite. It has been extensively published and exhibited at international institutions including the British Museum and the Hong Kong Museum of Art.

The highlight of the auction is an outstanding glass snuff bottle produced at the Palace Workshops in the Forbidden City. Enamelled on glass with an exquisitely rendered scene of young Chinese ladies in a landscape, it is the counterpart of two surviving examples from the Qing court collection, one in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, the other in the Palace Museum, Beijing. The sides of the bottle are intricately enamelled in ruby-pink with European buildings, the style of painting, perspective and realistic shading all clearly European influenced.

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