AN ENAMELED AGATE SNUFF BOTLE, LATE QING TO REPUBLIC China, 1850-1930 or earlier. Finely painted in bright enamels with auspicious symbols and scholar's objects amid crashing waves below pendant beads hanging from a band of ruyi-heads at the shoulder and a lappet band at the neck, all on a reddish-brown ground imitating Yixing pottery. The concave base with a neatly blue-enameled apocryphal four-character mark Kangxi nianzhi.Provenance: From the private collection of Dr. Mary Kaufman, New York, USA. Thence by descent within the same family. Dr. Kaufman (1927-2013) was a well known NYC snuff bottle collector.Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and manufacturing flaws such as microscopic nibbles as well as pitting and crackling to enamels.Stopper: Gilt metal, incised with floral design, bone spoonWeight: 52.2 gDimensions: Height including stopper 75 mm. Diameter neck 16 mm and mouth 6 mmThe ovoid body rising from a short circular foot to a waisted neck with a flat mouth, the latter revealing the milky-banded structure of the agate.清末民初琺琅彩瑪瑙鼻烟壺中國,1850-1930 或更早。精美的明亮琺瑯彩繪波浪上八吉祥紋與博古紋,肩部以下懸掛著垂墜的珠子,肩部如意紋。仿宜興陶器,呈紅棕色。 凹形底足可見藍色琺瑯釉四字“康熙年制”款。來源美國紐約Mary Kaufman博士私人收藏,之後傳承於同一家族。Kaufman博士(1927-2013)是一位紐約知名鼻烟壺收藏家。
品相:狀況極佳,有輕微磨損和製造缺陷,例如微小的碎屑以及琺琅的點蝕和裂紋 品相:狀況極佳,有輕微磨損和製造缺陷,例如微小的碎屑以及琺琅的點蝕和裂紋。壺蓋:鎏金金屬蓋,花卉紋,骨制小壺匙 重量:52.2 克尺寸:總高75 毫米;頸部直徑16 毫米;嘴部直徑6 毫米 卵圓形,底足圓形且短,唇部平坦,縮頸,唇外翻,後者露出瑪瑙的乳白色帶狀結構。