China, 1750-1880. Of compressed ovoid form with a convex top and a flat foot, the semi-translucent mottled and finely polished stone shading from creamy-beige to a soft vermilion-red.Provenance: From the collection of Dr. Erika Pohl-Str??her (1919-2016), thence by descent in the same family. Dr. Erika Pohl-Str??her was a German-born Swiss resident and heiress to the hair care and cosmetics company Wella AG. She was a passionate collector and had amassed in her lifetime various important art collections, as well as one of the world's most valuable collections of gems and minerals.Condition: Good condition with some minor nibbling around the mouth and some natural inclusions and fissures, some of which may have developed into hairlines.Stopper: Gilt silver with many hallmarks surmounted by an apple-green jade cabochon, and with the matching gilt silver spoonWeight: 40.3 g Dimensions: Height including stopper 53 mm. Diameter neck 13 mm and mouth 5 mmRed or orange chalcedony is referred to as carnelian, the warm tones resulting from the inclusion of iron (in the form of hematite in the redder material, and limonite in the orangey-yellow variety). Carnelian is often found in pebble form at ground level or in gravel deposits in the Arabian and Egyptian deserts, India, Japan and China. In China, these deposits are found in the mineral-rich Xinjiang province, which provided red chalcedony in a number of varieties.This material was commonly used to produce a range of small, compressed ovoid bottles of a form favored at Court during the Qing dynasty. For a smaller version of darker red color, see Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Vol. 2, Quartz, no. 202.Auction comparison: Compare with a related carnelian bottle at Christie's New York, The Meriem Collection of Important Snuff Bottles, 19 September 2007, lot 659, sold for USD 2,375.清代紅玉髓鼻烟壺 中國,1750-1880年。扁平式,削肩,扁平足,半透明的石料,從奶油色的米色到柔和的朱紅色,美麗的紋理。 來源:Erika Pohl-Str??her(1919-2016)博士收藏,保存於同一家族至今。 Erika Pohl-Str??her博士是德國出生的瑞士人,是護髮和化妝品公司Wella AG的女繼承人。 她是一位忠誠的收藏家,一生中積累了許多重要的藝術收藏以及世界上最有價值的寶石和礦石收藏之一。 圖片:Dr. Erika Pohl-Str??her 品相:狀況良好,嘴部周圍有一些小小的磕損,還有一些天然的內含物和裂紋,其中一些可能已發展成髮絲細線裂紋。 壺蓋:鎏金鑲玉壺蓋,匹配的鎏銀小壺匙 重量:40.3 克 尺寸:總高53 毫米,頸部直徑13 毫米,嘴部直徑5 毫米 拍賣結果比較:一件相近紅玉髓鼻烟壺見紐約佳士得 The Meriem Collection of Important Snuff Bottles拍場,2007年9月19日 lot 659, 售價USD 2,375.