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Subject:5 colour overlay snuff bottle
Posted By: Sally Tue, May 12, 2020 IP: 90.255.53.87 Hi , this bottle is sadly now in pieces. I would however be interested to know if anyone can tell me what the oval seal means . I'm also not sure what the brown lump between the rock and the vase on the reverse side is , any ideas?. Would anyone be able to recommend the best type of glue to use as I'd like to try and mend it.Thank you |
Subject:Re: 5 colour overlay snuff bottle
Posted By: Bill H Wed, May 13, 2020 The fuzz factor for the image of the seal on your snuff bottle strays into my ocular discomfort zone, but I will hazard a guess that its two characters may read down as 'Wenzhang' (文章), meaning 'Writings' or 'Literary Works'. If not 'Wenzheng', them possibly 'Lizhang'(立章), 'To formulate rules'. |
Subject:Re: 5 colour overlay snuff bottle
Posted By: Sally Thu, May 14, 2020 Thanks Bill , much appreciated. I can't seem to get a better photo so have attempted a drawing , which may or may not help. Would the seal be a signature or a description do you think? |
Subject:Re: 5 colour overlay snuff bottle
Posted By: Stan Thu, May 14, 2020 It's a date seal. The top part means the eleventh lunar month. The bottom, which looks to have lost something in the translation, appears to be a Goat year: cycling every 12 years from the dark past...1859, 1871, 1883, 1895, 1907...up to present day. |
Subject:Re: 5 colour overlay snuff bottle
Posted By: Stan Thu, May 14, 2020 If I am correct that it is a (Japanese) date seal, it means your snuff bottle is a modern Japanese imitation. I'm a little slow on the uptake tonight, but that would explain the odd construction I mentioned earlier. |
Subject:Re: 5 colour overlay snuff bottle
Posted By: Sally Fri, May 15, 2020 Thanks Stan |
Subject:Re: 5 colour overlay snuff bottle
Posted By: Bill H Fri, May 15, 2020 I finally unearthed an old auction catalog from my unkempt files and located another five-color glass overlay snuff bottle with what I'm now satisfied is the identical mark, that being 'Jixiang' (吉祥), 'Good Luck', which in some of its seal script forms drops the radical from the 'Xiang' character. I've cropped the catalog picture to show the seal compared with an enhanced enlargement of the mark on Sally's snuff bottle. Hopefully the likeness can be seen. |
Subject:Re: 5 colour overlay snuff bottle
Posted By: Sally Fri, May 15, 2020 Fantastic , an exact match , thank you so much Bill. |
Subject:Re: 5 colour overlay snuff bottle
Posted By: Bill H Sat, May 16, 2020 Here's an even clearer image of the 'Jixiang' mark carved onto another color overlay snuff bottle. This kind of glass carving is called 'Yangzhou School', after Yangzhou, in Jiangsu Province. |
Subject:Re: 5 colour overlay snuff bottle
Posted By: Stan Sat, May 16, 2020 Thanks for the assist Bill. Your research skills exceed mine. This is also what happens when I collect Japanese woodblock prints. I see everything through that lens. |
Subject:Re: 5 colour overlay snuff bottle
Posted By: Sally Thu, May 14, 2020 perhaps it could be a dedication, I've read somewhere that these bottles were frequently given as gifts, sometimes for passing exams . |
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