A GROUP OF SEVEN AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES
19th/early 20th century
Comprising: a cameo-cut agate 'Liu Hai' snuff bottle, coral stopper; a cameo-cut agate 'fisherman' snuff bottle, hardstone stopper; three shadow agate snuff bottles, one jadeite and one hardstone stoppers; a shadow agate snuff bottle with masks decoration; and a macaroni agate cylindrical snuff bottle. The tallest: 7.7cm (3in) high (11).
Footnotes:
Provenance: Dr Walter Rieder (1890-1986)
來源：Walter Rieder博士（1890-1986）舊藏


Dr Walter Rieder (1890-1986) served in the Swiss East Asia Mission (SOAM) in Qingdao, Shandong Province, between October 1930 and December 1951. The mission specialised in educational, literary and philanthropic work and Dr Rieder was in fact, not a theologian or missionary, but a teacher of mathematics, physics and science to high school students attached to the SOAM. His guiding principles were 'Creating understanding between different cultures' and 'Building bridges between East and West'. While in Qingdao, Dr Rieder collected a wide variety of Chinese art. The objects in the collection thus offer a unique window into the type of antiques that were on the market in Qingdao in the second quarter of the 20th century. As well as demonstrating his passion for Chinese art, his collection also reveals the personal friendships Dr Rieder forged with local artists, some of whom he knew from his teaching activities. Dr Rieder had a scholarly approach to studying his collection. Alongside many of his objects, meticulous notes can sometimes be found detailing his art historical commentaries. The collection was hence Dr Rieder's gateway to the history and culture of China. Objects from the collection were exhibited at the Kunsthaus in Interlaken, Switzerland in 2006 and 2018.
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General rub and wear, traces of blue tag on the stoppers. Nibbles to the edges.
One bottle with a possibly natural chip with russet to the mouth rim. One with an inside crack to the foot.