A MONGOLIAN-STYLE WHITE METAL RETICULATED SNUFF BOTTLE

19th century

19th century
Of compressed circular form, decorated with two central dragon medallions within reticulated scrolling foliate borders, with stopper inlaid with malachite and coral.
8cm (3 1/8in) high. (2).

十九世紀 蒙古式鏨龍紋鼻煙壺

Provenance:
Parry Collection, London, and thence by descent

來源：
倫敦Parry家族收藏，並由後人保存迄今

This group of bottles was designed to suit Mongolian taste, particularly evident here in the stone-encrusted stopper. The probable reason for their manufacture was to curry favour with Mongolian princes and dignitaries, many of whom were granted noble titles by the eighteenth-century Qing Emperors.

For a comparable Mongolian-style silver and gold snuff bottle see Bonhams Hong Kong, Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection, Part I, 28 May 2010, lot 2.

此類鼻煙壺，尤見其鑲嵌寶石的帽塞，應為滿足蒙古審美所作，供蒙古王子或王公貴族們日常使用。香港邦瀚斯曾於「瑪麗及莊智博鼻煙壺珍藏：第一部份」專場拍賣售出一例蒙古式金銀質鼻煙壺，2010年5月28日，拍品編號2，可資比對。