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Snuff box in light celadon nephrite, engraved with a poem by…
See original version (French)
146
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Snuff box in light celadon nephrite, engraved with a poem by…
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Snuff box in light celadon nephrite, engraved with a poem by Emperor Qianlong and a mark ?? - yu zhi, China, Imperial Workshops of Beijing, Qianlong period, 1736–1795
Shield-shaped with two rounded sides and a flared neck, the snuffbox is incised on one side with a ‘tagetes erecta’ (or marigold) and on the other with a poem: ??????? / ??????? / ??????? / ???????, which can be translated as: “Its leaves and flowers bear no resemblance to the colours of ordinary chrysanthemums, / For against its golden-yellow background, vivid red hues shine through. / Do not say lightly that its name has been forgotten from the registers of famous flowers, / For it was by raising its cup in a toast to the Emperor that it first made its entrance into the songs of the land of Bin” and the inscription ??? - Yu Zhi Shi - “Composed by imperial decree”. Coral stopper rimmed with a copper alloy.
Height: 5.5 cm
Significant wear on the domed part of each side, making the text difficult to read in places.
Publication:
Laurence Souksi, Merveilles de la miniature chinoise, Flacons-tabatières de Chine de la Collection du Commandeur, Paris, 2000, no. 27, p. 15 (illustrated).
Provenance:
Galerie Bertrand de Lavergne, Paris 1999.
This is an imperial poem composed by Emperor Qianlong, taken from the work *Collection of Imperial Poems, Fourth Collection* (?????). More specifically, this verse forms part of a series of poems celebrating autumnal plants, entitled ‘Eight Varieties of Autumn Flowers’.
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