清 銅鎏金畫琺瑯花鳥紋鼻煙壺

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英文品名：A QING GILT-BRONZE AND PAINTED ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE WITH BIRD-AND-FLOWER MEDALLIONS 尺寸：H:5.8cm 銅胎鼻煙壺，扁圓腹，帶鎏金鏨花蓋。頸、足兩段飾珊瑚紅彩錦地，腹部以藍琺瑯為地，鏨鎏金纏枝卷草為飾，兩面開光，內以畫琺瑯繪花鳥：一面畫長尾鳥棲牡丹枝間，一面畫雀鳥啄食花枝。金彩凸起，設色明麗，為掌中清玩。鼻煙壺為盛貯鼻煙之小型器皿，明末自歐亞傳入中國，清代上自宮廷、下至士林皆嗜鼻煙。壺體扁小腹斂，上帶小蓋與小勺，啟蓋以象牙或骨勺挑煙末少許，湊近鼻端嗅吸，故掌中可握，便於懷袖隨身。材質廣及瓷、銅胎畫琺瑯、玻璃、玉石等。此器金彩開光花鳥，即當時文人仕宦隨身把玩之物。 A small gilt-bronze snuff bottle of flattened form with a chased gilt cover. The neck and foot are banded in coral-red brocade enamel, while the blue ground of the body is enriched with gilt scrolls and reserved with two round medallions painted in enamel: one shows a long-tailed bird among peonies, the other a songbird on a flowering branch. The gilt borders stand proud and the colours are bright. Snuff bottles held powdered tobacco, introduced into China in the late Ming and widely used at court and among scholars in the Qing. The small flattened body has a tight cover fitted with a tiny spoon; a pinch of snuff is lifted to the nostril and inhaled. Pocket-sized, they were carried in the sleeve and became objects of virtu in many materials, porcelain, painted enamel, glass and jade. This gilt-enamel example with bird-and-flower medallions was such a personal pocket plaything.

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