A rare famille-rose and gilt-decorated 'butterflies' snuff bottle, Seal mark and period of Daoguang 清道光 粉彩描金蝴蝶紋鋪首鼻煙壺 《道光年製》款

A distinguished American collection, New York.

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The companion piece, from the collection of Anthony Cheung, is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, Tina Yee-wan Pang ed., Heavenly Creations, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collections of Anthony Cheung, Humphrey Hui, Po-ming Kwong, Tuyet Nguyet and Christopher Sin, The University Museum and Art Gallery, Hong Kong, 2005, cat. no. 154.

See also a similar bottle, but with iron-red mask handles, illustrated in Robert Kleiner, The Nordic Butterfly Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles Part II, Hong Kong, 2010, cat. no. 351.

可參考一與本品成對之例，為鍾棋偉先生收藏，展錄於彭綺雲編，《天地造化：鍾棋偉、許建勳、鄺溥銘、雪月及冼祖謙藏中國鼻煙壺》，香港大學美術博物館，香港，2005年，編號 154。另可參考一相類例，飾礬紅彩鋪首，錄於 Robert Kleiner，《壺碟集：北歐中國鼻煙壺珍藏》，香港，2010年，編號 351。