A CHINESE MOULDED TANGERINE SKIN WATERPOT

A CHINESE MOULDED TANGERINE SKIN WATERPOT
18TH CENTURY

The exterior moulded with four cartouches depicting a horse, a bull and two scholars, the base moulded with the character lü, raised on a short foot with a lipped rim, 5.6cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Dr John William Hawksley Grice OBE (1891–1976) and thence by descent.

Tangerine skin, like gourd, becomes very hard and durable when dried. For a snuff bottle made from tangerine skin, see the Royal Ontario Museum, accession number 922.20.660. See also Sotheby's Hong Kong, 26th May 2013, Snuff Bottles From The Mary And George Bloch Collection: Part VI, lot 213 and Sotheby's Hong Kong, 31st May 2015, Snuff Bottles From The Mary And George Bloch Collection: Part X, lot 19, for a further two snuff bottles moulded from tangerine or orange peel.

十八世紀 橘皮祿字水盂
來源：John William Hawksley Grice 醫生(1891–1976)收藏，之後由家人繼承。