A FAMILLE ROSE 'EIGHTEEN LUOHANS' SNUFF BOTTLE

Qianlong iron-red seal mark, 19th century

Qianlong iron-red seal mark, 19th century
The sides moulded in high relief with the Eighteen Luohan with their attributes, amongst polychrome cloud scrolls, with glass stopper. 7.4cm (2 7/8in) high. (2).

十九世紀 粉彩「十八羅漢圖」鼻煙壺
礬紅「乾隆年製」篆書款

Provenance:
Yamanaka & Co. Ltd., London
E. A. Parry (1879-1946), London, acquired from the above on 8 October 1923, and thence by descent

來源：
倫敦古董商山中商會
倫敦E. A. Parry（1879-1946）舊藏，於1923年10月8日購自上者，並由後人保存迄今

Yamanaka Sadajiro (1866-1936) opened the London branch in 1900, and by 1923, when the present snuff bottle was sold to Parry, also had branches in Osaka, New York, Boston, Beijing and Shanghai.

For an example of a moulded 'Eighteen luohans' snuff bottle, Qianlong mark, 19th century, see H.Moss, Snuff Bottles of China, London, 1971, pp.126-127, no.297. A closely related 'luohans' snuff bottle, with illegible mark, 1780-1820, was sold at Christie's New York, 17 September 2008, lot 52.

1900年，山中定次郎開設倫敦分店；至本例入藏的1923年，山中商會已於大阪、紐約、波士頓、北京及上海等地設立了多個分店。

參考一例十九世紀堆塑「十八羅漢圖」鼻煙壺，「乾隆年製」仿款，收錄於H.Moss著，《Snuff Bottles of China》，倫敦，1971年，頁126-127，編號297。紐約佳士得曾於2008年9月17日售出一例1780-1820年制羅漢圖鼻煙壺，拍品編號52，可資比對。