AN EMBELLISHED LACQUER ON METAL ‘TSUDA FAMILY’ SNUFF BOTTLE, 1890-1930

Masterfully carved soapstone and mother-of-pearl inlays delicately painted in lacquer on a metal body.

Kyoto, Japan, 1890-1930

Of flattened spade form rising to a slightly everted rim, short rectangular foot rim, the recessed base marked with Qianlong nianzhi in iron-red, the exterior walls decorated with three boys picking peaches from a tree that springs from a daihu rock, the reverse with a noble lady under a wutong tree, standing near a screen decorated with flowers and a dragonfly, the sides neatly painted in gold lacquer on black ground to depict a rive landscape.

Shape: Flattened spade
Hollowing: Standard
Mouth, neck and lip: Short cylindric neck with a slightly everted rim
Base: Rectangular raised foot rim
Design, marks, school: Tsuda Family, Kyoto, Japan, 1890-1930
Stopper: Matching soapstone stopper with old spoon
Height of the bottle with stopper: 8,6 cm.
Width of the mouth: 8 mm.
Width of the neck: 12 mm.
Weight: 75,5 grams
Condition: Excellent condition with some wear
Provenance: American private collection

Auction result comparison: CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES. Bonham’s, 12 September 2016, NEW YORK, lot 9101. (for another metal and lacquer bottle by the Tsuda family, also with the flattened spade shape)

漆彩壽山石雕飾金屬鼻烟壺，日本京都津田家族，1890-1930年
精美雕刻的壽山石和珍珠母鑲嵌在漆飾的金屬壺身上
京都，日本，1890-1930年
略為鍬型的扁平鼻烟壺，底部為長方形的足基，中間凹槽有乾隆年制的紅色字樣.
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