Two Chinese Molded and Enameled Porcelain Snuff Bottles, Possibly Jiaqing Period
或爲清嘉慶瓷雕鼻烟壺兩支

Possibly Jiaqing Period

The first of tapering ovoid form, the shoulders sloping to a flared neck, the lip gilt and flat, the concave base surrounded by an oval footrim, the body molded, carved and reticulated to depict the Buddhist Eight Auspicious Symbols (bajixiang) against a cloud scroll ground, the neck encircled by small bosses above a leiwen ring, in turn above a ruyi lappet border, the footrim also encircled by small bosses, all covered by a cinnabar-red glaze, the base also glazed and with a gilt Jiaqing mark, matching stopper, possibly original.
The second of similar form, the concave base also gilt, the body molded, and well-reticulated to reveal the inner bottle and finely carved to depict on one main side a fenghuang in flight, the reverse with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl, both surrounded by stylized clouds and flames, a leiwen band around the neck, borders of lingzhi around the shoulders and base, covered overall with a cobalt blue glaze. Stopper matching, probably associated.

Height without stopper 3 1/8 in., 7.9 cm.

Property from the Estate of Dr. Thomas A. Klein, MD., Sold to benefit the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

This lot is located in New York.

Property from the Estate of Dr. Thomas A. Klein, MD. Sold to benefit the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

The first acquired from Sotheby’s London, May 18, 2018, lot 369;

The second was acquired from Freeman’s Auction, Philadelphia, September 9, 2017, lot 348.

來源：

Thomas Klein醫生遺產，拍賣所得歸Jefferson醫院。

左：購自倫敦蘇富比2018年5月18日專場第369號。

右：購自費城Freeman's拍賣行2017年9月9日專場348號。

湯姆·克萊因醫生收藏鼻烟壺逾四十年。他畢業於哈佛大學與羅徹斯特大學，曾於美國陸軍擔任婦產科醫師並出任高階領導職務。其後於傑佛遜醫院服務三十年，2023年以婦產科副主任身分榮退，期間培養了五百餘名住院醫師與無數醫學生。他的學術與臨床精神延續於以其名設立的「Thomas A. Klein 講席教授」，本場拍賣所得亦歸於傑佛遜醫院。

Tom Klein’s life was shaped by two enduring passions: medicine and the collecting of snuff bottles. While these worlds rarely intersected, both were marked by the same qualities—quiet dedication, discernment, and grace.

Tom was unfailingly modest–when the I.C.S.B.S. held its convention in Philadelphia, he entrusted me to select bottles from his collection for the exhibition “Embers of the East,” a task made challenging by the number of exceptional bottles. His passion for collecting was thoughtful rather than acquisitive, grounded in appreciation rather than display. These were his companions—objects he handled, studied, and loved for over 40 years.

Professionally, Tom enjoyed an equally distinguished career. A graduate of Harvard University and the University of Rochester, he served as an obstetrician-gynecologist in the U.S. Army in senior leadership roles. He spent thirty years at Jefferson Hospital, retiring in 2023 as Vice Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology, having trained more than five hundred residents and countless medical students. His legacy continues through the Thomas A. Klein, MD Professorship in Quality and Safety in Women’s Health.

To those who knew him as a collector, these accomplishments mirrored the man I admired: principled, generous, and exacting without pretension. Over the 35 years I had the privilege to know him, he was a gentleman in the most absolute sense of the word. Though he is deeply missed, his presence endures in the objects he cherished and in our shared love of snuff bottles.

Clare Chu

Two Chinese Molded and Enameled Porcelain Snuff Bottles, Possibly Jiaqing Period或爲清嘉慶 瓷雕鼻烟壺兩支

Two Chinese Molded and Enameled Porcelain Snuff Bottles, Possibly Jiaqing Period或爲清嘉慶 瓷雕鼻烟壺兩支

Two Chinese Molded and Enameled Porcelain Snuff Bottles, Possibly Jiaqing Period
或爲清嘉慶瓷雕鼻烟壺兩支

Two Chinese Molded and Enameled Porcelain Snuff Bottles, Possibly Jiaqing Period
或爲清嘉慶瓷雕鼻烟壺兩支