Palace workshops

A Very Rare Carved Green And Pink Tourmaline Snuff Bottle, Imperial, Palace Workshops, 1760-1799. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013 The bottle is ingeniously carved utilizing the contrasting colors of the material to define the lower and upper sections. The lower section is of intense rose-pink tone and carved with a peony blossom on one side and a bouquet of lotus on the reverse. The upper section is of pale sea-green tone and is carved on either side with a pair of confronted chi dragons. 2 in. (5.2 cm.) high,... [Lire la suite]

An inscribed white nephrite snuff bottle. Probably Imperial, attributable to the palace workshops, Beijing 1720–1780. Photo Bonhams 3.8cm high. Lot 53. Sold for HK$ 350,000 Treasury 1, no. 89 白玉王維詩句鼻煙壺擬御製品，傳宮廷作坊製品，北京，1720～1780An inscribed white nephrite snuff bottleFlawless nephrite; not very well hollowed and with a deeply recessed foot; each side with an oval panel framed by a raised ridge, one carved with a scholar beneath a pine tree in a rocky landscape, the other with an inscription in... [Lire la suite]

An inscribed yellow nephrite snuff bottle. Shen Kan mark, possibly Imperial, perhaps palace workshops, Beijing, 1740–1820. Photo Bonhams 5.1cm high. Lot 19. Sold for HK$ 237,500  Treasury 1, no. 86 黃玉鼻煙壺 沈堪款，擬御製品，或御用作坊作，北京，1740～1820An inscribed yellow nephrite snuff bottleNephrite; very well hollowed, with a recessed foot; carved with mask-and-ring handles, the foot incised in regular script with the name Shen KanShen Kan mark, possibly imperial, perhaps palace workshops, Beijing,... [Lire la suite]

A white nephrite 'plum blossom' snuff bottle. Probably Imperial, attributable to the palace workshops, Beijing, 1740–1799. Photo Bonhams 5.61cm high. Lot 14. Sold for HK$ 225,000 Treasury 1, no. 108 白玉雕梅花鼻煙壺擬御製品，傳宮廷作坊製品，北京，1740～1799A white nephrite 'plum blossom' snuff bottleFlawless nephrite; well hollowed, with a recessed, rounded-rectangular foot; incised on one side with branches of blossoming prunus and on the other with a related poem in clerical script, the two main panels convex and contained... [Lire la suite]

An exquisite 5cm high ‘famille-rose’ enamelled-copper with gold ‘European ladies with children’ snuff bottle sold for HK$4,820,000. Photo: Bonhams HONG KONG.- Bonhams Hong Kong achieved an unprecedented fifth sell out auction of the celebrated Snuff Bottles from the Mary & George Bloch Collection with the sale of Part V today, 27 May 2012 at a packed saleroom at the Island Shangri-La Hotel. Hot on the heels of the extraordinary success achieved from the sales of Parts I to IV in which every single snuff bottle from the... [Lire la suite]

 A 'famille-rose' enamel on copper with gold 'figures in mansion' snuff bottle. Imperial, palace workshops, Beijing, Kangxi blue-enamelled four-character mark and of the period, 1705–1718. Photo Bonhams 4.9cm high. Lot 167. Estimate: HK$ 2.5 million - 4.5 million / US$ 320,000 - 580,000 / £200,000 - 360,000 Treasury 6, no. 1064 銅胎畫粉彩庭院仕女圖鼻煙壺御製品，宮廷作坊作，北京，藍彩「康熙御製」楷書款，1705～1718A 'famille-rose' enamelled copper 'figures in mansion' snuff bottleFamille rose enamels on copper, with... [Lire la suite]

A 'famille-rose' enamel on copper with gold 'European ladies with children' snuff bottle. Imperial, palace workshops, Beijing, Qianlong blue-enamelled four-character mark and of the period, 1736–1760. Photo Bonhams 5cm high. Lot 38. Estimate: HK$ 4.0 million - 8.0 million / US$ 520,000 - 1.0 million / £320,000 - 640,000 Treasury 6, no. 1077 銅胎畫琺瑯西洋母子圖鼻煙壺御製品，宮廷作坊作，北京，藍彩「乾隆年製」楷書款，1736～1760A 'famille-rose' enamelled-copper 'European ladies with children' snuff bottleFamille rose enamels on copper,... [Lire la suite]

Amber snuff bottles performed extraordinarily well, claiming two spots among the top 10 lots of the sale, including the highest-selling lot. Photo: Bonhams. NEW YORK, NY.- The Bonhams Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles auction took place this morning, selling 98% by value and realizing a sale total of $1,022,900, more than twice the pre-sale low estimate. The auction was comprised of 170 lots, drawn primarily from three private collections: The Collection of Dr. Martin Roshco, The Collection of Mrs. Fay Plohn and The Collection of Dr.... [Lire la suite]

Treasury 1, no. 185: A 'red jadeite' double-gourd snuff bottle. Possibly imperial, perhaps palace workshops, Beijing, 1780–1820. Photo Bonhams Jadeite; carved in the form of a double gourd and reasonably well hollowed into each bulb of the gourd, with a flat foot. Height: 5.9 cm. Mouth/lip: 0.55/1.6 cm. Stopper: jadeite; ruby finial; vinyl collar; Sold for HK$300,000 紅翡翠葫蘆形鼻煙壺 或御製品，或宮廷作坊，北京，1780～1820 Condition: workshop conditionProvenance: Hugh M. Moss Ltd. (1987)The Mary and George Bloch Collection Published: Treasury... [Lire la suite]

Treasury 1, no. 80: A yellow nephrite snuff bottle, dish, thumb ring, finger ring and belt hook, Probably Imperial, attributable to the palace workshops, Beijing, 1700-1800. Photo Bonhams Nephrite; very well hollowed, with a recessed foot; carved with mask-and-ring handles. Height: 5.09 cm. Mouth/lip: 0.95/1.43 cm. Stopper: pearl; turquoise matrix collar. Sold for HK$237,500 Provenance: Arthur GadsbySotheby's, Hong Kong, 2 May 1991, lot 220The Mary and George Bloch Collection Published: Kleiner, Yang, and Shangraw... [Lire la suite]