snuff bottle
Translation白套松石藍和黑色玻璃庭園嬰戯圖鼻烟壺
Object NameSnuff Bottle with Scenes of Children at Play
Made FromGlass, Cork, Ivory/Bone, Tourmaline
Date1770-1850
Place MadeChina
TechniqueBlown, cameo carved, engraved, polished
SizeOverall H: 7.2 cm, W: 5.5 cm, D: 3 cm
Accession Number2023.6.4
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Janos Szekeres Collection
Chinese Snuff Bottles: Miniature Art from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch
Not On View
Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Scenes of Children at Play (白套松石藍和黑色玻璃庭園嬰戯圖鼻烟壺). (a) Opaque dark brown (appearing as black in normal light), translucent turquoise-blue, and semi-transparent milky white glass; blown, cameo carved, engraved, polished. Snuff bottle with a flat lip and recessed, convex, oval foot surrounded by a protruding convex, oval foot rim; carved as a double overlay with a continuous rocky landscape with trees and scenes of children at play. (b) Tourmaline dome-shaped stopper with cork and 0.5 cm of remnant of ivory/bone spoon (rest of spoon is missing).Provenance
Former Collection
Janos Szekeres
- prior to 1980
Former Collection
Robert Kleiner
- before 1992
Former Collection
Sotheby's
- 6/5/1987
Janos Szekeres (prior to 1980)
Sotheby’s, New York, 5 June 1987, lot 51
Robert Kleiner (1992)
Mary and George Bloch
Bonham's, Hong Kong, 27 May 2012, lot 7
Acquired from Pavilion, Hong Kong, in 2023.
Janos Szekeres was the co-founder of the Savin Corporation. Born in Hungary, he attended the University of Vienna in Austria for his graduate studies and doctoral program in textile chemistry. Szekeres introduced the photocopier diffusion process to the American market in 1951 and was granted a patent for the electrostatic copier using liquid toner in 1957. He was a member emeritus of the Chemist Club, the Oriental Ceramic Society, the Art Appraisers Association and the Gemological Institute. He served on the Board of Directors of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society and on the Collections Committee of the Arthur W. Sackler Museum at Harvard University. He also had been on the boards of the Everson Museum in Syracuse, NY and the Stamford Museum and Nature Center.
Janos Szekeres (prior to 1980)
Sotheby’s, New York, 5 June 1987, lot 51
Robert Kleiner (1992)
Mary and George Bloch
Bonham's, Hong Kong, 27 May 2012, lot 7
Acquired from Pavilion, Hong Kong, in 2023.
Janos Szekeres was the co-founder of the Savin Corporation. Born in Hungary, he attended the University of Vienna in Austria for his graduate studies and doctoral program in textile chemistry. Szekeres introduced the photocopier diffusion process to the American market in 1951 and was granted a patent for the electrostatic copier using liquid toner in 1957. He was a member emeritus of the Chemist Club, the Oriental Ceramic Society, the Art Appraisers Association and the Gemological Institute. He served on the Board of Directors of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society and on the Collections Committee of the Arthur W. Sackler Museum at Harvard University. He also had been on the boards of the Everson Museum in Syracuse, NY and the Stamford Museum and Nature Center.
Former Collection
Bonhams
- 5/27/2012
Janos Szekeres (prior to 1980)
Sotheby’s, New York, 5 June 1987, lot 51
Robert Kleiner (1992)
Mary and George Bloch
Bonham's, Hong Kong, 27 May 2012, lot 7
Acquired from Pavilion, Hong Kong, in 2023.
Janos Szekeres was the co-founder of the Savin Corporation. Born in Hungary, he attended the University of Vienna in Austria for his graduate studies and doctoral program in textile chemistry. Szekeres introduced the photocopier diffusion process to the American market in 1951 and was granted a patent for the electrostatic copier using liquid toner in 1957. He was a member emeritus of the Chemist Club, the Oriental Ceramic Society, the Art Appraisers Association and the Gemological Institute. He served on the Board of Directors of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society and on the Collections Committee of the Arthur W. Sackler Museum at Harvard University. He also had been on the boards of the Everson Museum in Syracuse, NY and the Stamford Museum and Nature Center.
Janos Szekeres (prior to 1980)
Sotheby’s, New York, 5 June 1987, lot 51
Robert Kleiner (1992)
Mary and George Bloch
Bonham's, Hong Kong, 27 May 2012, lot 7
Acquired from Pavilion, Hong Kong, in 2023.
Janos Szekeres was the co-founder of the Savin Corporation. Born in Hungary, he attended the University of Vienna in Austria for his graduate studies and doctoral program in textile chemistry. Szekeres introduced the photocopier diffusion process to the American market in 1951 and was granted a patent for the electrostatic copier using liquid toner in 1957. He was a member emeritus of the Chemist Club, the Oriental Ceramic Society, the Art Appraisers Association and the Gemological Institute. He served on the Board of Directors of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society and on the Collections Committee of the Arthur W. Sackler Museum at Harvard University. He also had been on the boards of the Everson Museum in Syracuse, NY and the Stamford Museum and Nature Center.
Source
Pavilion Gallery
Former Collection
Mary Bloch
Former Collection
George Bloch
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