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23 juin 2014
A very fine and rare gilt bronze oval snuff box, Qianlong, circa 1740-1770
A very fine and rare gilt bronze oval snuff box, Qianlong, circa 1740-1770. Photo Bonhams
The lavishly gilt oval container decorated to its sides with four ogee reserves containing flowers in full bloom amongst dense leaf scrolls, the hinged cover finely inset with carved stones of jadeite, colored quartz, lapis lazuli, and coral, depicting two succulent peaches with leafy branches surrounded by five bats in flight, all against a ground filled with cloud wisps, the cover interior set with a mirror. 2 1/2 x 3 3/8 x 1 1/4in (6.4 x 8.2 x 3.2cm). Estimate US$ 60,000 - 90,000 (€44,000 - 66,000)
Notes: The design of five bats together is known as wu fu (five blessings) in Chinese culture. They refer to longevity, wealth, healthy and balanced body and mind, good virtue, and peaceful death.
Compare a very similar snuff box, from the Speelman Collection, sold in Bonhams, Hong Kong, 24 November 2013, sale 21607, lot 18.
Another exceptional and very similar 'five bat' box and cover catalogued as being gold is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, see Treasures of the Imperial Court: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Xu Qixian, Hong Kong, 2004, p. 219, pl.194, fig.1.
Bonhams. FINE CHINESE WORKS OF ART, San Francisco, 24 Jun 2014 10:00 - http://www.bonhams.com/
Notes: The design of five bats together is known as wu fu (five blessings) in Chinese culture. They refer to longevity, wealth, healthy and balanced body and mind, good virtue, and peaceful death.
Compare a very similar snuff box, from the Speelman Collection, sold in Bonhams, Hong Kong, 24 November 2013, sale 21607, lot 18.
Another exceptional and very similar 'five bat' box and cover catalogued as being gold is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, see Treasures of the Imperial Court: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Xu Qixian, Hong Kong, 2004, p. 219, pl.194, fig.1.
Bonhams. FINE CHINESE WORKS OF ART, San Francisco, 24 Jun 2014 10:00 - http://www.bonhams.com/
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