Julie’s and Jim’s Friendship

Imperial kilns, Jingdezhen, 1790-1820
Height: 8.16 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.59/1.40 cm
Stopper: glass

Provenance
Julie and Al Stempel
Sotheby's (PB 84), New York, 11 October 1979, lot 64
Hugh M. Moss Ltd.
J & J Collection
Christie’s, New York, 29 March 2006, lot 66

Published:
Hong Kong and Xianggang Zhongguo biyanhu shoucang xuehui 1977, 54, no. 98
Moss, Graham and Tsang 1993, no. 239
Chinese Arts Auction Records: 2007 Antiques 1/1/06 – 12/31/06 (Taipei), 8-3.
Hugh Moss and Stuart Sargent, The Water, Pine and Stone Retreat Collection of Snuff Bottles. Part One, Imperial Influence over the Snuff Bottle Arts.

 

Famille rose enamels on colourless glaze on porcelain; with a flat lip and flat foot with an irregular profile dictated by elements of the design; moulded and painted in the form of the trunk of mature prunus tree, with two blossoming branches, with a mature pine tree, bamboo and a lingzhi beside it and a flying bat, the interior unglazed.

Enquire
Alexander Whittaker