AN INSCRIBED SILVER AND GOLD-INLAID LACQUER SNUFF BOTTLE Dated by inscription jiawu year, 1894 measured without the stopper 6.8cm high Footnotes: Provenance: Acquired in Melbourne, 1965 (V. Bruce's snuff bottle journal, #160) 一八九四年 漆掐金銀絲金石文鼻煙壺 款識： （正）甲午（1894）正月作。小山。 （背）今陽平家畫一至三，陽朔元年賜。後大厨。 傳承： 1965年購於墨爾本（V. Bruce 鼻煙壺札記，編號160） The inscription on the reverse of the botle, reading '今陽平家畫一至三，陽朔元年賜。後大厨', is from an archaic bronze lamp, now in the Shanghai Museum, see here. For two similar bottles, one with the same seal signature albeit different in styles, and almost certainly by the same hand not only because of the inscription but also the design, see Bob C. Stevens: The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York and Tokyo, 1976, pl.746 and 747, and another similar example, see Bonhams, Hong Kong, 23 Nov 2010, lot 134. 此件背面所刻「今陽平家畫一至三，陽朔元年賜。後大廚」銘文，出自建昭雁足鐙銘文，現藏上海博物館，詳見此處。 與本件相似例子兩件，其中一印款相同，雖風格有異，然從題識及設計觀之，幾可肯定出自同一人之手，見Bob C. Stevens: The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles，紐約及東京，1976年，圖版746及747；另一相似例子售於香港邦瀚斯，2010年11月23日，拍品編號134。 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing