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  • WF 87 A Pair Of Zitan Inlaid Covered Boxes<br><br>十九世紀 納福迎祥紫檀木盒 一對
  • WF 87 A Pair Of Zitan Inlaid Covered Boxes<br><br>十九世紀 納福迎祥紫檀木盒 一對
  • WF 87 A Pair Of Zitan Inlaid Covered Boxes<br><br>十九世紀 納福迎祥紫檀木盒 一對
WF 87 A Pair Of Zitan Inlaid Covered Boxes

十九世紀 納福迎祥紫檀木盒 一對


19th century The boxes are of square form. Each cover is inlaid in mirror image with bone and coloured soapstone showing two boys trying to catch five bats to be put in a jar. One boy is holding a bat. Five bats, wufu 五蝠, stand for longevity, wealth, health, love of virtue, and a peaceful death. 10.9 × 10.9 cm Provenance: A Dutch private collection   WF 87 十九世紀 納福迎祥紫檀木盒一對 方形盒，平頂蓋。蓋面鑲嵌象牙與滑石，呈現兩名童子嘗試將五隻蝙蝠抓入飾有冰裂紋的瓶甕。 來源：荷蘭私人收藏 10.9 × 10.9 公分

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WF 114 A Gilt-bronze Brush Rest<br><br>十七至十八世紀 銅鎏金臥童筆架

WF 114 A Gilt-bronze Brush Rest

十七至十八世紀 銅鎏金臥童筆架

17-18th century

The brush rest is modelled as a smiling boy lying with legs crossed, his head resting on his left arm. His right arm rests at his side, and he holds an ingot in his right hand. His hair is tied in a double topknot, while he wears a tunic with an oval geometric pattern.

Length: 6.1 cm

 

WF 114 十七至十八世紀 銅鎏金臥童筆架

筆架呈斜臥男孩之形，男孩身穿裝飾幾何圖案的上衣，頭枕左臂上，右手捧一元寶。

長6.1公分

 
WF 114 A Gilt-bronze Brush Rest<br><br>十七至十八世紀 銅鎏金臥童筆架

WF 114 A Gilt-bronze Brush Rest

十七至十八世紀 銅鎏金臥童筆架

17-18th century

The brush rest is modelled as a smiling boy lying with legs crossed, his head resting on his left arm. His right arm rests at his side, and he holds an ingot in his right hand. His hair is tied in a double topknot, while he wears a tunic with an oval geometric pattern.

Length: 6.1 cm

 

WF 114 十七至十八世紀 銅鎏金臥童筆架

筆架呈斜臥男孩之形，男孩身穿裝飾幾何圖案的上衣，頭枕左臂上，右手捧一元寶。

長6.1公分

 
WF 113 A Gilt-bronze Brush Rest<br><br>十七至十八世紀 銅鎏金臥童筆架

WF 113 A Gilt-bronze Brush Rest

十七至十八世紀 銅鎏金臥童筆架

17th-18th century

The brush rest is modelled as a reclining boy with raised legs, his head resting on his left hand while holding the stalk of a double gourd, which has a sash tied around the
waist.
His right hand rests along his side, with a squirrel resting on his shoulder. Smiling, with his hair bound in a double topknot, the boy is wearing an apron with an incised circle pattern tied at the back. 
The bronze has a warm golden patina.

Length: 5.8 cm

Provenance: David Ketel (1913-2006). Former Dutch diplomat in Beijing, 1954-56 and 1960-62, acquired in the 1950s

 

WF 113 十七至十八世紀 銅鎏金臥童筆架

筆架呈斜臥男孩之形，男孩枕在其左手上，手持一葫蘆，右肩上倚著一隻松鼠。

長5.8公分

來源：1954-1956 與 1960-1962 年間駐北京荷蘭外交官David Ketel (1913-2006) 於 1950 年代獲得之珍藏
WF 113 A Gilt-bronze Brush Rest<br><br>十七至十八世紀 銅鎏金臥童筆架

WF 113 A Gilt-bronze Brush Rest

十七至十八世紀 銅鎏金臥童筆架

17th-18th century

The brush rest is modelled as a reclining boy with raised legs, his head resting on his left hand while holding the stalk of a double gourd, which has a sash tied around the
waist.
His right hand rests along his side, with a squirrel resting on his shoulder. Smiling, with his hair bound in a double topknot, the boy is wearing an apron with an incised circle pattern tied at the back. 
The bronze has a warm golden patina.

Length: 5.8 cm

Provenance: David Ketel (1913-2006). Former Dutch diplomat in Beijing, 1954-56 and 1960-62, acquired in the 1950s

 

WF 113 十七至十八世紀 銅鎏金臥童筆架

筆架呈斜臥男孩之形，男孩枕在其左手上，手持一葫蘆，右肩上倚著一隻松鼠。

長5.8公分

來源：1954-1956 與 1960-1962 年間駐北京荷蘭外交官David Ketel (1913-2006) 於 1950 年代獲得之珍藏
WF 112 A Recumbent Boy And Carp<br><br>十八/十九世紀 蜜蠟雕童子戲鯉

WF 112 A Recumbent Boy And Carp

十八/十九世紀 蜜蠟雕童子戲鯉

18/19th century

The boy is reclining on a large lotus leaf floating on crested waves. He is wearing long-sleeved robes and holding a large carp with open mouth in both hands. His face is smiling and his shaved head has one tuft of hair.


Length: 6.3 cm
Provenance: A Dutch private collection

Fish symbolise a wish for abundance and affluence, as the word for 'fish', yu 魚, is a homonym for yu 餘, meaning 'surplus'. Thus, a boy with a fish symbolises a wish for many children. The carp, li 鯉, has its own symbolic associations.

 

WF 112 十八∕十九世紀 蜜蠟雕童子戲鯉

整器琢成斜倚在一片大荷葉上的童子，手抱鯉魚，笑容憨然。

長6.3公分
來源：荷蘭私人收藏
WF 87 A Pair Of Zitan Inlaid Covered Boxes<br><br>十九世紀 納福迎祥紫檀木盒 一對

WF 87 A Pair Of Zitan Inlaid Covered Boxes

十九世紀 納福迎祥紫檀木盒 一對

19th century

The boxes are of square form. Each cover is inlaid in mirror image with bone and coloured soapstone showing two boys trying to catch five bats to be put in a jar. One boy is holding a bat.
Five bats, wufu 五蝠, stand for longevity, wealth,
health, love of virtue, and a peaceful death.

10.9 × 10.9 cm

Provenance: A Dutch private collection

 

WF 87 十九世紀 納福迎祥紫檀木盒一對

方形盒，平頂蓋。蓋面鑲嵌象牙與滑石，呈現兩名童子嘗試將五隻蝙蝠抓入飾有冰裂紋的瓶甕。

來源：荷蘭私人收藏

10.9 × 10.9 公分
WF 56 A ‘Chicken Bone’ Jade Carved And Pierced Plaque<br><br>宋 鏤雕和合二仙雞骨玉飾

WF 56 A ‘Chicken Bone’ Jade Carved And Pierced Plaque

宋 鏤雕和合二仙雞骨玉飾

Song dynasty (980-1279)

The boy is reclining on a large lotus leaf floating on crested waves. He is wearing long-sleeved robes and holding a large carp with an open mouth in both hands. His face is smiling, and his shaved head has one tuft of hair.
The plaque has openwork carving on both sides, with the Hehe Erxian Immortal Twins amongst large floral branches, one holding a large lotus flower, the other carrying a box, a bat at their feet. The stone is mottled beige with dark inclusions.

Diameter: 8 cm

 

WF 56 宋 鏤雕和合二仙雞骨玉飾
全器鏤空雕琢纏枝花間的和合二仙，其一手持蓮花，另一捧盒，下方雕一蝙蝠。
直徑8公分
S 45 An Inside-painted Glass Snuff Bottle<br><br>1914 年 馬少宣家族 玻璃內畫「念書圖」鼻煙壺

S 45 An Inside-painted Glass Snuff Bottle

1914 年 馬少宣家族 玻璃內畫「念書圖」鼻煙壺

Ma family
Dated jiayin year (1914)

The bottle is painted with four boys seated at a low table talking over books below an inscription reading nianshu tu 念書圖 (picture of studying), the reverse inscribed with a poem, dated jiayin dong ri 甲寅冬日, ‘a winter day in the year of jiayin’ (1914), with the signature of Ma Shaoxuan 馬少宣, followed by a red seal mark. 
Height: 6.1 cm
Provenance: Clare Chu (formerly Lawrence), 1997
Janne Holmes, Australia

The poem may be translated as follows:

On the stone pillow and bamboo bed next to the paper screen,
I was tired, so I threw my book away and took a long nap.
I then awoke and smiled, for I heard the fisherman playing his flute on the waves.

Made in Beijing by Ma Shaoxuan

The boys depicted on the bottle are supposed to be
reading at the table. However, they are distracted by
chit-chat, and do not seem to be interested in the
books.
The poem refers to a person who threw away his book and preferred to sleep and listen to the music a fisherman played.

 

S 45 1914 年 馬少宣家族 玻璃內畫「念書圖」鼻煙壺
方瓶式鼻煙壺，一面書「念書圖」三字，內畫四名讀
書童子依矮桌而坐。背面書「甲寅冬日」，後題蔡確
七言絕句〈夏日登車蓋亭〉：
紙屏石枕竹方牀，
手倦拋書午夢長。
睡起莞然成獨笑，
數聲漁笛在滄浪。

詩末有款印「於京師作 馬少宣」

來源：Clare Chu (Lawrence )，1997 年
Janne Holmes，澳洲
S 46 An Inside-painted Glass Snuff Bottle<br><br>1905年 周少元作 玻璃內畫鼻煙壺

S 46 An Inside-painted Glass Snuff Bottle

1905年 周少元作 玻璃內畫鼻煙壺

Zhou Shaoyuan (active 1901-1909)
Dated yisi year (1905)

The bottle is well-painted on one side with eight animated boys, six clad in white and two in red tunics, with one boy riding piggyback. They are running in one direction. The other side depicts another group of eight boys, probably the same group, who are engaged in cricket fights, with one trying to catch an escaped cricket.

Inscribed and signed by the artist, followed by a seal.
Height: 6.8 cm

For details of Zhou Shaoyuan’s career, see Moss et
al., A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, No. 4. Inside
painted, no. 630. He was the nephew of the famous
and influential artist, Zhou Leyuan.

 

S 46 1905年 周少元作 玻璃內畫鼻煙壺

方瓶式鼻煙壺，一面畫八子奔跑嬉戲，另一面畫八子鬥蟋蟀。
有周少元款印，並記「乙巳」年作。

高6.8公分
S 28 A Jadeite Snuff Bottle<br><br>十九至二十世紀 翠玉鼻煙壺

S 28 A Jadeite Snuff Bottle

十九至二十世紀 翠玉鼻煙壺

19th-20th century

The bottle is of a flattened apple form and carved in high relief with a boy holding a large peach growing from a pierced, twisted branch; the stone is cloudy ice-green, with a brilliant apple-green area cleverly used to form the fruit, with some small russet inclusions.
Jadeite stopper.

Height: 5.5 cm

Provenance: Formerly in a Dutch private collection

 

S 28 十九至二十世紀 翠玉鼻煙壺

扁瓶式壺身，高浮雕一童子抱桃，桃枝鏤空交錯。器呈冰綠色澤，玉色深潤處巧雕綠桃。帶翠玉蓋。

高5.5公分
來源：原荷蘭私人收藏
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