Chinese Snuff Bottles Appreciations 鼻煙壺藏品欣賞

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銀兩半球相連壺 . 兩壺有篆書千字文章節及王維詩句

兩壺以活鉸連接.合起來成圓筒形. 淡綠琺瑯彩地.兩壺底部各刻有「同」 及 「心」 兩字印款。

1800- 1880年

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silver; comprised of two hemispherical sections, each a bottle hinged on one side forming a cylindrical bottle when closed, cast in relief on the exterior and two interior faces with inscriptions in seal script extracted from the Essay of One Thousand Words and poem by Wang Wei reserved on a pale green enamelled ground, impressed on the respective bases with Tongxin , meaning, 'Two hearts as one'.

1800-1880

 

H 4.1cm (Excluding stopper) 

 

AND POEM BY

PMS917

Exhibition: Hong Kong 1996. "A Congregation of Snuff Bottle Connoisseurs"#227