INDEX OF GENERAL SUBJECTS
 


A


Ancient Moon Pavilion. See Guyue Xuan


Apricot Grove Studio, 32–1:36–37; 32–3:35–36


Archers’ thumb rings, 35–3:16


Attiret, Jean-Denis, 38–2:40


Auctions


Beijing 2005, 37–3:45–47


conditions of sale, 30–3:24


first snuff bottle auction, 38–3:41


history of snuff bottle auctions, 38–2:49


Hong Kong 1997, 30–1:28–31


Hong Kong 1998, 30–3:28–32


Hong Kong 2000, 32–3:30–36


Hong Kong 2004, 36–2:35–40


Hunter collection 1998, 30–4:36


London 1999, 31–3:26; 31–3:34–36


London 2001, 33–2:36–37; 33–3:33–35


London 2002, 34–2:28–32; 34–3:39–40


London 2003, 35–2:34–38; 35–3:36–40


London 2004, 36–2:31–33; 36–3:35–38


London 2005, 37–3:38–44


London 2006, 38–2:43–46; 38–3:35–36


London 2007, 39–3:31–35


Mayan snuff bottle, 38–3:41


multiple lots, 38–2:43–44


      New York


Christie’s 1998, 30–3:26–27; 30–4:34–35


Christie’s 1999, 31–2:33


Christie’s 2000, 32–1:35–38; 32–3:29


Christie’s 2002, 34–1:32–35


Christie’s 2003, 35–1:24–26


Christie’s 2004, 36–1:40


Christie’s 2005, 37–1:28–32; 37–2:39


Christie’s 2007, 39–1:37–40; 39–3:36–38


Sotheby’s 1998, 30–3:23–26; 30–4:31–34


Sotheby’s 1999, 31–2:33–36


Sotheby’s 2000, 32–1:38–40; 32–3:29


Sotheby’s 2001, 33–1:32–35; 33–3:30–32


Sotheby’s 2003, 35–1:24, 26–31


Sotheby’s 2004, 36–1:35–40


Sotheby’s 2005, 37–1:32–38


Sotheby’s 2007, 39–1:40


      online, 32–3:29


      pre-sale estimates, 36–2:32


      Robert C. Eldred Co.


Summer Asian Sale 2000, 32–2:35


Summer Asian Sale 2003, 35–2:39–40


Summer Asian Sale 2007, 39–2:46–48


 


B


Badges of rank, 38–3:4–12


Baishe zhuan, 33–2:9–10


Bai Shi (Baishi), 34–3:17–18; 39–1:39


Base marks. See INDEX OF PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF BOTTLES, BASE MARKS


Bavarian glass, 30–4:29–30; 31–3:32; 32–1:18–26


Belleville, Charles de, 37–2:4


Bibliotheca Nicotiana, 38–3:13


Bi disc, 30–2:6; 35–3:13


Bi Rongjui (artist), 34–1:15


Blue and white porcelain, 31–2:12–21


Bole, 34–2:6–7


Bonsai, 32–3:19


Boot bottles, 37–1:34


Boxer Rebellion, 34–1:12–13


Bragge, William, 38–3:13–14; 39–2:18


Buddhism, 34–1:8


buried Buddhas in Qingzhou, 34–2:28


Chan sect, 32–1:5, 9


cintamani, 32–2:22


elephant symbolism, 33–3:19–20


Qing emperors, 33–3:22


symbols, 30–4:36; 38–3:7


Tibetan Gelugpa, 33–1:7, 8, 15


Burma, Qing period, 33–1:9


 


C


Calligraphy, 32–3:14; 34–1:16; 34–2:29; 34–3:4–20


cultural significance, 32–1:4; 32–3:15–16; 35–3:8


historical development, 35–3:4–6, 8


inscriptions, 35–3:9–12; 39–1:21–22


scholar art, 32–1:5, 7–8


script styles, 35–3:8


Cameron, Eunice, 39–3:36


Candy boxes, 30–1:3


Canteen snuff bottle, 35–3:37


Cao Cao, 37–1:17–18


Cao Xueqin, 33–1:6


Castiglione, Giuseppe (Lang Shining), 32–2:19; 32–3:19–20; 33–1:15; 33–3:16–17; 36–2:5; 37–2:4; 37–3:40; 38–2:4, 21, 22, 23, 24


Celadon ware, Song dynasty, 32–1:6


Chang’e, 31–3:19–20


Chengde palace complex, 33–1:10–12, 13


Chenghua reign marks, 31–3:24


Cheng Rongzhang (artist), 32–3:33; 34–3:39; 35–1:30; 36–1:13; 36–3:26; 37–3:11; 38–3:44


Cheng Shikui (artist), 38–2:25


Chen Guozhi (artist), 36–2:8; 37–1:36


Cheng Ziqing (artist), 35–3:11


Chen Jintang (artist), 32–3:12


Chen Mingyuan, 30–1:27


Chen Renpu (artist), 39–3:10


Chen Shaofu (artist), 34–1:17


Chen Yuanlong, 32–2:4


Chen Zhongsan (artist), 39–3:20


Chinese Inside Painting of the Modern Age, 39–3:8


Chinese life and culture


agricultural practice, 30–1:11–12


alcohol consumption, 32–1:16


ancestor worship, 30–2:4


art of imitation, 30–2:4–5; 31–3:29; 38–1:11–12


auspicious motifs, 38–1:40–42


badges of rank, 38–3:4–12


biographical dictionaries, 31–3:11, 14


Bronze Age, 31–3:13; 32–3:4, 6–7; 34–1:6


bureaucrats, 38–3:4


burial practices, 32–3:9–10; 34–2:5; 35–3:6–7, 13, 36; 36–1:15; 37–2:20–28; 38–2:18


cockfighting, 37–2:12–19


Communist-era snuff bottles, 36–2:9–10; 39–3:8–17


creative expression in, 31–3:5


distinguishing features, 34–1:5–6


dog stories and symbolism, 38–2:15–36


dragon symbolism and stories, 32–2:16–31


European contact, 34–1:4, 7, 8


goat/sheep symbolism and stories, 35–2:21–25


horse mythology and symbolism, 34–2:4–12


hunting practice, 31–3:17; 38–2:19–21


imperial architecture (Qing dynasty), 33–3:4–23


inscribed writing on significant objects, 35–3:6–9


interest in antique styles and motifs, 32–3:4–9; 33–3:9; 34–1:6


landscape painting and appreciation, 37–1:4–19; 38–1:4, 6–11


metalworking technique, 39–2:4–7


monkey symbolism and stories, 36–3:5–17


moon stories and beliefs, 31–3:19–21


Nationalist period, 34–1:4–5, 13–14


nineteenth century, 31–1:28–36; 31–2:4–11, 43


opium use and trade, 34–1:10–11


palindromes, 39–3:4–7


rabbit stories and beliefs, 31–3:17–23


reverence for past, 32–1:6


rise of cities, 38–1:6–8


role of art, 32–1:5


scholar art, 32–1:5–17; 32–3:17; 36–3:30; 38–1:7


significance of jade, 32–3:8–10


snake mythology and symbolism, 33–2:4–11


snuff bottle scholarship in study of, 36–2:4–11


status and role of scholars, 32–1:4–5; 38–1:6, 7–8


status of gold, 39–2:8


time and calendar systems, 32–2:16


tomb bottles, 37–2:20–28


trade, 34–1:7, 9


written and spoken language, 32–1:4; 34–3:6–8; 35–3:4–6. See also Calligraphy


See also Confucius and Confucianism; specific dynasty or period


Chinese Snuff Bottles, by Marcus Huish, 39–2:18


Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Baur Collection, by Vérène Nicollier, 39–3:44


Cixi, Empress Dowager, 32–1:17; 33–3:11, 12; 37–2:20; 38–2:25, 26–27; 39–3:11


Cizhou ware, 30–3:4


Coin snuff bottles, 30–1:4–10; 30–2:16; 31–3:35; 33–1:5; 37–2:9


Collecting


as art form, 31–3:5–6


esoteric collecting, 31–3:5–16


Glickman book on collectors and collecting, 38–2:48–49


insurance, 32–3:26–27; 33–2:39


motivation, 31–3:6


trends in China, 39–3:44


See also Evaluating snuff bottles


Collections


Albemarle, 36–2:31


Altman, Benjamin, 38–2:48


Asakura, Mr., 31–3:39


Au Hang Family, 30–1:3; 39–3:28


      cover bottles, 39–3:3


Balbach, Charles, 39–1:34


Baur, 39–3:44


Beatty, Chester, 39–1:4–5


Bier, Lawrence, 36–1:39–40


Blair, James, 32–3:21; 35–1:23, 32–34; 38–2:48


Bloch, Mary and George, 30–1:4, 9, 13, 14, 32; 30–4:3; 31–3:26; 32–2:3; 37–3:25; 39–1:4


Bragge, William, 38–3:13


British Museum, 32–3:4–20


Burghley House, 31–3:28–29; 38–1:44; 38–2:37–38


Candler, 30–3:23


Carpenter, Belle, 33–2:35


Converse, Edward C., 38–2:48


Copley, Lionel, 31–3:26


Crane, 36–2:3; 38–2:3; 39–2:3; 39–3:18, 19–20


Crow, Trammel S. and Adina, 36–3:39


Crozier, Mary, 36–3:27; 38–2:48


Dane, 39–2:46


Deng Xiao Ping, 30–2:3


Du Boulay, Anthony, 35–3:36


Exstein, Blanche B., 34–1:32–35


Fausone, Shirley and Vincent, 35–3:3


Franz, Lutz and Hedda, 31–3:26


Friedman, Pamela R. Lessing, 30–2:30; 30–3:31; 31–3:3; 37–3:43


Fuller, Richard, 30–4:20, 23


Gadient, Ida and Sanford, 31–1:41


Gilbert, John, 35–2:39


Golder, Faith and Sylvan, 30–1:32–33


Grimberg, Joe, 34–1:3


Guo’an, 32–3:30


Hamilton, Ann and John, 30–2:3; 33–2:3; 35–1:26


Hancock, Eric, 34–3:39


Hasterlik, Bernice Straus, 31–2:33


Hawaii, 37–1:3; 39–1:3


Hickmott, Susan, 35–2:39


Holden, Rachelle, 32–1:35–40


Hsieh, Robert and Molly, 36–1:35–39


Hui, Humphrey K. F., 30–1:33; 34–3:3, 34–36


Hunter, Neal W. and Frances R., 30–4:31–34; 31–2:33, 34


Isaacs, Diane, 39–2:46


James, Mary Ann and Henry, 30–4:26–27


J&J, 30–1:15; 30–3:32; 31–3:14; 33–2:38; 34–1:37; 34–2:34; 35–1:31; 36–2:35–40; 39–1:37–38


Kalabushkin, V. S., 30–4:14


Ko, 30–1:5, 37–3:12–17; 39–1:12


Lester, Pauline, 30–3:23


Lo, Kenneth K. L., 30–4:3


Loh, Quentin, 35–1:3


Lord Cunliffe, 34–3:38–39


Low, Denis, 31–3:38


book review, 33–1:29–31, 35; 39–3:39–43


Mack, Gerry P., 30–2:3, 30; 31–3:26, 34–36


Marakovic, Nicola, 36–1:3; 38–1:3


Marquess of Exeter, Burghley House, 31–3:28–29


Martin, Charles, 31–3:28–29; 38–2:37


McElney, Brian, 31–3:33


Melnikov, Dimitry, 30–4:14


Menil, 33–1:23–24; 33–3:25


Meriem, 39–3:36–38


Min Chiu Society, 38–1:40–42


Motozou Hakutsuru, 30–3:25


Mullin, Terry, 30–3:3; 32–1:3


National Palace Museum (Taipei), 34–1:5


North Carolina Museum of Art, 30–3:23; 31–2:33


Noyes, Melville and Ruth, 30–3:23


Pietsch, Charles, 33–1:32–35; 33–2:35


Piper, Robert G., 37–2:3; 38–3:3


Princeton University Museum, 32–1:29; 32–3:21–22


Pritchard, Helen, 38–3:23


Pugh, Avrina and Betha, 37–1:32–33


Renk, Martha M., 37–2:39


Rothholz, Jack and Florence, 39–2:46


Sanctum of Enlightened Respect, 31–2:3, 37; 33–3:3; 34–2:3; 34–3:23–24; 35–1:35–36, 38; 39–3:39–43


Silver, Joseph Baruch, 31–2:31–32; 39–3:22–23


Sin, Christopher C. H., 35–2:3


Spinnaker, 38–3:38–39


Stone Picking Studio, 30–3:28


Strong, Margaret Woodbury, 32–2:35


Sung, Eugene Y. C., 30–4:20–21


Takeda, Hirotada, 30–1:33


Thal, 30–4:20


Thomson, 39–3:23–24


Toledo Museum of Art, 37–2:39


Ueltzen, Florence E., 36–3:39


Wald, Francine and Bernard, 36–3:3; 37–3:3


White Wings, 30–1:15


Wilson, John, 30–3:23


Communist China, 34–1:14; 34–2:35; 35–3:5; 36–2:9–10; 38–2:44


Confucius and Confucianism


burial practices, 30–2:4


dragon symbolism, 32–2:18


Eight Trigrams, 34–2:10–11


historical development, 30–1:13; 34–1:6–7


nature worship, 30–1:13; 38–1:6–7


nostalgia for Zhou dynasty, 32–3:4


post-Han Neo-Confucian movement, 32–3:4–5


Song dynasty, 32–1:5


Counterfeits. See Fakes and forgeries; Imitations


Cover bottles


Au Hang Collection, 30–1; 39–3


Bloch, Mary and George, 30–4; 32–2


Crane Collection, 36–2; 38–2; 39–2


Fausone, Shirley and Vincent, 35–3


Grimberg, Joe, 34–1


Hamilton, John and Ann, 30–2; 33–2


Hawaii Collection, 37–1; 39–1


Hui, Humphrey K. F., 34–3


Lo, Kenneth K. L., 31–1


Loh, Quentin, 35–1


Marakovic, Nicola, 36–1; 38–1


Mullin, Terry, 30–3; 32–1; 33–1


Pamela R. Lessing Friedman Collection, 31–3


Piper, Robert G., 37–2; 38–3


Sanctum of Enlightened Respect, 31–2; 32–3; 33–3; 34–2


Sin, Christopher C. H., 35–2


Wald, Francine and Bernard, 36–3; 37–3


 


D


Daoguang period (1820–1850)


cricket cults, 30–2:12


current scholarship, 36–2:8


dragon motif, 31–3:15; 33–3:9


life and culture, 31–1:33–34; 31–2:10


opium use and trade, 34–1:10; 34–3:20


painting style, 38–3:40


palindrome-inscribed bottle, 39–3:4


porcelain, 30–3:14; 31–2:12, 17–18; 35–2:36; 38–3:40; 39–1:28, 29


portrait of emperor, 30–1:8–9


reign marks, 31–2:17; 31–3:14, 24; 34–3:8; 38–3:40; 39–1:21, 26–27


snuff bottle arts, 35–3:20–21; 36–2:8, 24, 25–26; 37–3:10–11


sociopolitical environment, 31–1:28–29; 36–2:25–26


Daoism, 34–1:8; 34–2:13, 16–17


dragon symbolism, 32–2:18


scholar art, 32–1:7, 10, 11–12, 13–14; 34–1:15


symbols, 38–3:7–8


De Brossard, Gabriel-Léonard, 36–1:25; 36–2:5


Decoration of snuff bottles


historical practice, 31–3:11


identifying artists, 31–3:11–13


See also INDEX OF PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF SNUFF BOTTLES, MOTIFS AND SYMBOLISM


Deification of the Gods (novel), 32–2:18–19


D’Entrecolles, Père, 30–2:7; 30–3:6


D’Incarville, Pierre, 36–1:25


Ding Erzhong (artist), 30–1:30; 34–1:15; 34–3:36; 35–1:34–35; 36–3:12; 38–1:40–41; 38–3:38–39; 39–3:40


auctions


Eldred 2007, 39–2:47–48


Hong Kong 2000, 32–3:34–35


Hong Kong 2004, 36–2:40


New York 2001, 33–3:30


New York 2003, 35–1:30


cover bottle, 34–3:3, 29


Lanting Preface, 33–1:30, 35


Orchid Pavilion Preface, 34–3:10–11


studio name, 31–3:11


Ding Guiling (artist), 35–1:29


Ding princes, 35–1:19, 20


Ding ware, 30–3:4


Dong Xue (artist), 37–1:41; 39–3:10–11


Dragon boat races, 32–2:20–21


Duan Fang, 30–4:32


Duanwu (Dragon Boat) festival, 33–2:7–8; 36–1:4–5


Du Fu, 34–2:19–20


 


E


Eccentric Genius of the Hebei School, 33–1:36, 39


Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, 34–3:16–17


European and Western influences


Bavarian glass work, 30–4:29–30


Christianity and the Taiping Rebellion, 31–2:4–5, 10


famille-rose palette, 32–2:4–5


first contact, 34–1:4, 7, 8


glassmaking, 30–2:6–8, 15, 16; 32–1:20; 36–1:14


introduction of snuff to China, 34–1:4


painting, 32–3:19–20


porcelain work, 30–3:4–6; 31–3:26–28; 36–2:6; 37–2:4


Qing period, 33–1:5–6, 8, 12–13; 34–1:8–9; 36–2:5–6; 38–2:39–42


resistance to, 34–1:7


snuff bottle decoration, 37–2:4–11


trends in research and scholarship, 36–2:4–5


European subjects


coin snuff bottles, 30–1:4–7


hair color and style, 30–4:16; 31–1:33


Evaluating snuff bottles, 39–3:25–26, 34–35


blue and white porcelain, 31–2:12–21; 37–2:38


collectors’ labels, 34–3:39


computerized imagery to identify fakes, 33–1:18–22


dating, 38–3:20–21


eighteenth century vs. nineteenth century, 39–1:18–30


glass bottles, 39–1:22–25


inscriptions, 39–1:21–22


inside-painted bottles, 34–2:31–32


ivory identification and testing, 33–2:12–13


new bottles, 31–2:22–30


reign marks, 31–2:15–18; 39–1:25–27


ultraviolet fluorescence, 33–1:18–19; 33–2:12–13


See also Fakes and forgeries


 


F


Fahua, 30–3:4


Fakes and forgeries, 33–2:36, 38; 38–3:36–37, 44–45; 39–2:52; 39–3:26, 34


bronze bottles, 37–3:10–13; 39–1:16


collectors’ labels on bottles, 34–3:39


Daoguang period, 37–3:10–11


enamels on glass, 37–3:13–17; 39–1:16–17


imitations and, 35–3:23


inside-painted bottles, 39–3:34–35


Japanese versions of imperial ivory, 39–1:4–15


modern Jingdezhen production, 35–2:30–31


Moss lectures on, 36–3:26–27; 37–3:10–21; 38–3:22–23


See also Evaluating snuff bottles; Imitations


Famille-rose porcelain


historical development, 30–3:6; 31–3:26–28; 32–2:4–15


Kangxi period, 32–2:4–9


Qianlong period, 32–2:12–15; 35–2:4–20


Yongzheng period, 32–2:9–11


See also INDEX OF PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF BOTTLES, MATERIALS, Porcelain snuff bottles, famille-rose


Famille-verte, 32–2:4


Feng shui, 33–3:5; 37–1:11


Fiori, Christopher, 37–2:4


Five Tiger Generals, 30–4:8


Fontenay, Jean de, 37–2:5


Forbidden City, 33–3:4, 5–23


Fragrant Ink Studio, 39–3:10


Fu Jian, 30–4:10


Fuxi and Nüwa, 32–2:24–25; 33–2:5


 


G


Gan Xuanwen (artist), 30–1:30; 34–1:15, 17; 39–3:19


auctions


Hong Kong 2000, 32–3:31


London 2003, 35–2:37


New York 2000, 32–1:36


New York 2005, 37–1:35


calligraphy, 34–3:12, 35; 35–1:34


Gao Liang, 32–2:19


Gaozu, Emperor (Wude reign) (618–626), 30–3:4; 38–2:24


Ge Hong, 31–3:21


Genghis Khan, 33–1:7; 34–1:7


Gherardini, 37–2:4


Glassmaking


in Bavaria, 32–1:18–19


evolution in China, 30–2:4, 6–7, 12; 32–1:19–21; 32–3:11


glass decorating and, 36–1:15


imitations of other materials, 30–2:4–18; 35–3:17–23


for inside-painted bottles, 39–3:8–9


Qing dynasty, 36–1:13–27; 36–2:12–29


red glass technique, 36–1:16–17


Gong Xian (artist), 37–1:13–14


Gravereau, Jean Baptiste, 32–2:5; 37–2:4


Guangxu period (1875–1908), 30–1:9; 39–3:11


dragon motif, 33–3:9


Empress Dowager Cixi, 33–3:11, 12


Guangzhou school


auctions


London 2001, 33–2:36


New York 2003, 35–1:29


cover bottles, 33–2:3


inside-painted bottles, 36–2:8–9


porcelain, 32–2:8–9, 10; 37–1:37


Guan Yu, 30–4:8


Gui Xianggu (artist)


auctions


Hong Kong 1989, 30–1:30


Hong Kong 2000, 32–3:32


New York 2000, 32–1:36


cover bottle, 34–3:29


Guo Xi (artist), 37–1:7–8, 10


Gu Yuexan (artist), 33–1:5


Guyue Xuan


auctions


Hong Kong 2000, 32–3:32


Hong Kong 2004, 36–2:38


London 2003, 35–2:35


New York 2000, 32–1:36, 38


New York 2005, 37–1:28


cover bottles, 30–3:3, 22


history, 30–4:31; 31–1:41–42; 31–3:14; 36–2:7, 18–19; 38–1:16–17; 38–3:43


imperial archives and, 38–1:32


origins and meaning of names and marks, 31–3:14–15; 38–1:16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 29–31


snuff bottles, 38–1:17–32


 


H


Hai Wang, 32–2:10, 11


Hallmarks. See INDEX OF PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF BOTTLES, HALLMARKS


Hall of Constancy. See Xingyouheng Tang


Han dynasty (206 b.c.–220 a.d.)


agriculture, 30–1:12, 13


ceramic imitations of other materials, 35–3:15


cloisonné, 30–3:12


coinage, 30–1:8


counterfeit materials, 30–2:4


dragon motif, 32–2:16, 18, 24–25


glass objects, 30–2:5–6, 7


imitation of other materials, 35–3:13


importance of jade, 32–3:9–10


moon mythology, 31–3:20


porcelain, 34–1:22


scholars in, 32–1:4


snake symbolism and mythology, 33–2:8


writing and calligraphy, 35–3:7, 8


Hanlin Academy, 32–1:14


Hao Shouchen, 36–2:39; 37–1:30


Hebei School, 33–1:36, 39; 34–2:35; 39–3:13, 16


Heshen, 34–1:4, 9–10; 36–2:7–8; 39–2:4


He Shuiqing (artist), 39–3:12


Hexi painting, 33–3:8–9


Hollowing of bottles, 31–3:9


Hongli. See Qianlong period


Hongwu, Emperor (1368–1398), 32–3:14


Hong Xiuquan, 31–2:5


Houyi, 31–3:20


Houzhu, Emperor (565–576), 38–2:25


Huangxing, 33–3:3


Huang Zhong, 30–4:8, 32; 32–1:36; 32–3:32; 34–2:31


Hua Yan (artist), 32–3:19; 34–3:16


Huish, Marcus, 39–2:18


Hu Xuan, 31–3:14–15; 38–1:17, 21, 23, 31


 


I


Imitations


archaism as decorative motif, 32–3:4–20


glass imitating other materials, 30–2:4–18; 35–3:13, 17–23; 38–1:11


historical practice in China, 30–2:4–5; 35–3:13–17; 38–1:11


porcelain imitating other materials, 30–3:4–21; 35–3:13–15; 38–1:11


See also Fakes and forgeries


Imperial workshops


cover bottles, 38–2:3


enameled snuff bottles, 37–3:5–9


interaction with non-imperial workshops, 30–2:16


ivory snuff bottles, 39–1:4–15


porcelain marks, 31–2:16–17


Yongzheng snuff bottles, 37–2:29–37


Incense, 32–1:6


Inner-Painting Art Research Association, 39–3:12


Inside-painted bottles


Crane Collection, 39–3:19–20


fakes and forgeries, 38–3:36–37


Golden Age, 39–3:8


modern practitioners, 39–3:8–17


portrait bottles, 39–3:25


techniques, 39–3:8–9


See also INDEX OF PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF BOTTLES, INSIDE-PAINTED BOTTLES


Insurance, 32–3:26–27; 33–2:39


Iron brushwork, 31–3:11, 12


Ivory


identification and testing, 33–2:12–13, 28–29


Japanese versions of imperial ivory, 39–1:4–15


laws governing, 33–2:29–34


manufactured substitutes, 33–2:27–28


natural substitutes, 33–2:24–27


structure and properties, 33–2:12


types of, 33–2:13–24


See also INDEX OF PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF BOTTLES, MATERIALS, Ivory, material


 


J


Jade Hall, 32–1:14


Japan


Japanese versions of imperial ivory, 39–1:4–15


snuff bottle fakes from, 37–3:11


snuff containers of, 30–2:29; 31–3:32; 33–3:35; 36–2:9; 39–1:4–5, 7, 8


war with China, 34–1:5


Jesuits, 30–2:7–8, 16; 30–3:5–6; 31–3:26–28, 32; 32–1:20; 32–2:4, 5; 33–1:5–6, 8; 34–1:7, 8, 9; 36–1:14; 37–2:4; 38–2:40


Jewish community in China, 39–3:22


Jia Chang, 37–2:15


Jiangnan style, 31–3:14


Jian Yuan (Grove of Reflection), 30–4:31; 31–1:42


Jianyuan period (134–129 b.c.), 30–4:10


Jiaqinq period (1796–1820)


base marks, 35–2:15–16


dragon motif, 33–3:9


enameled snuff bottles, 30–3:26; 37–3:6; 38–3:3


glass production, 36–2:26


life and culture, 31–1:30–32


marks, 31–3:14; 39–1:5–6, 26


New York 2002 auction, 34–1:33


porcelain imitations of other materials, 30–3:19


reign marks, 31–2:17; 34–3:8; 36–2:24; 38–1:3


sociopolitical environment, 31–1:28; 36–2:7–8


Jin dynasty (265–420), 30–1:13, 24; 34–3:8–9


Jingdezhen


cover bottles, 38–1:3; 38–3:3


destruction, 34–3:20


false jade vessels, 30–3:4


historical development, 31–2:14; 35–2:26; 35–3:16–17


male “baby” snuff bottle, 34–1:3


modern ceramics, 35–2:26–33


palindrome-inscribed bottle, 39–3:4


porcelain making, 31–3:26; 32–1:17; 32–2:6–8, 11–12, 14–15; 35–2:4–6; 35–3:16–17


Qianlong period, 38–2:7–12 (passim)


rebuilding of imperial kiln, 34–3:20


reign marks, 39–1:5–6


Taiping Rebellion and, 31–2:4–5, 8, 11, 18


Tang Ying period, 30–3:6–19


Jingyun, 34–2:14


Ju Chao (artist), 36–2:8


Jueshan (artist), 39–3:40


 


K


Kangxi period (1661–1722), 39–3:40–41


base marks, 32–2:5, 6, 7; 37–3:7; 38–3:34; 39–1:5


ceramic glazes, 32–1:6–7


Chengde palace complex, 33–1:10–11


cloisonné work, 30–3:12


enamel on metal, 37–1:29


famille-rose enamels, 32–2:4–9


glassmaking, 30–2:7–8, 9–10, 12, 5; 31–3:32; 32–1:20; 36–1:15–20


Hall of Constancy in, 35–1:19


imitations of other materials in ceramic or glass, 35–3:16–18


life and culture, 34–1:9


porcelain arts, 30–3:5, 6–7; 31–2:13, 14; 31–3:28; 37–2:4; 37–3:11; 38–3:33–34


portrait of emperor, 37–3:38, 39


reign marks, 31–3:24; 34–3:9; 36–1:15; 36–2:4; 37–1:25


snuff use, 32–1:11; 36–1:13; 37–3:40


yellow snuff bottle, 36–1:14


Katon, 34–1:34


Ke Lan (artist), 39–3:11, 12


Kublai Khan, 34–1:7


Kuixing, 32–2:26


 


L


Lacquer work


evolution in China, 32–3:13–14


porcelain imitations, 35–3:15


See also INDEX OF PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF SNUFF BOTTLES, MATERIALS, Lacquer, material


Lam, Peter, 34–3:34, 35–36


Lambert, John, 32–2:9


Lang Shining. See Castiglione, Giuseppe


Lanting Preface, 32–3:34; 33–1:35; 34–3:10–11; 35–3:12; 39–3:14


Lao Ge, 30–3:11, 13


Laozi, 30–1:23


Lee, King Yee, 39–2:11, 13–15


Li Bo, 34–2:17


Li Cuiling (artist), 39–3:14


Li Hung-chang, 37–2:10


Li Junfeng (artist), 39–3:14–15


Li Junting (artist)


auctions


Hong Kong 2000, 32–3:32


London 1999, 31–3:39


New York 2002, 34–1:33


New York 2003, 35–1:25, 26–27


New York 2005, 37–1:33


imitations, 36–2:21–22


style, 36–2:20–21


Li Kechang (artist), 32–3:35–36; 39–3:9–10


Lingdi, Emperor (168–188), 38–2:25


Lingnan school. See Guangzhou school


Lin Zexu, 34–1:10


Liquan zi zhi, 36–2:31


Li Shoucheng (artist), 34–2:31–32


Li Song (artist), 32–2:20


Li Tieguai, 32–3:15


Liu Bei, 30–4:8; 39–3:16


Liu Dasheng (artist), 39–3:13–14, 20


Liu Guanxiong, 33–3:3


Liu Hai, 31–3:35


Liu Kunyan (artist), 39–3:11–12


Liu Sheng, 30–2:5–6


Liu Shouben (artist), 30–1:22; 34–3:28, 29; 37–1:41; 39–3:8, 10, 40


auctions


Hong Kong 2000, 32–3:36


New York 2000, 33–1:33


New York 2003, 35–1:29


cover bottles, 33–3:3


Liu Xinkai (Qiushi) (artist), 39–3:13


Liu Xuande, 39–3:16


Liu Yizi (artist), 33–1:36–39; 34–2:36; 36–3:18; 39–3:15–16


Liu Ziyi (artist), 34–2:36; 39–3:15, 16


Liu Zongyuan, 34–2:20


Li Yanting, 37–1:30


Li Yiqing, 30–1:24


Lu Dong (artist), 34–3:16


Lu Ji, 34–2:18


Lu Jiangguang (artist), 39–3:15


Luohan imagery, 30–4:9–10; 32–2:30


Lu Xiang (artist), 31–3:12


Lu You, 30–1:14; 39–3:3


 


M


Ma Chao, 30–4:8


Manchu dynasty (1644–1912). See Qing dynasty (1644–1912)


Mao Dan, 30–1:12


Mao Zedong, 34–1:5, 6


Marco Polo, 34–1:8


Ma Shaoxian (artist), 31–3:21


London 1999 auction, 31–3:34


New York 2000 auction, 32–1:39


Ma Shaoxuan (artist), 30–1:20, 31; 34–1:15, 16, 17; 34–2:18, 19; 34–3:36; 35–1:34; 36–2:32; 38–2:31; 39–3:20, 25, 42–43


auctions, 39–2:47, 48; 39–3:38


Hong Kong 1998, 30–3:32


Hong Kong 2000, 32–3:32–33


Hong Kong 2004, 36–2:39


London 1999, 31–3:34


London 2001, 33–2:37


London 2004, 36–2:33


London 2005, 37–3:43


New York 1998, 30–3:27; 30–4:32, 35


New York 1999, 31–2:34


New York 2000, 32–1:36, 39


New York 2002, 34–1:34


New York 2003, 35–1:25, 29, 30


New York 2004, 36–1:38, 40


New York 2005, 37–1:30, 35–36


biography and study of (book review), 30–2:26–30


cover bottles, 33–3:3; 34–3:3


European subjects of inside-painted portraits, 37–2:10–11


Li Shoucheng, 34–2:31


montage style, 35–3:12


Orchid Pavilion Preface, 34–3:11–12


script, 34–3:9, 11–12


Mask handles, 31–3:13


Master of the Rocks school, 32–1:40


Materials, snuff bottles. See INDEX OF PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF BOTTLES, MATERIALS


Mayan snuff bottle, 38–3:41


Medicine bottles, 31–2:14


Meiping vase form, 31–3:8, 9


Meng Zishou (artist), 30–4:8; 34–2:4


Metalworking techniques, 39–2:4–7


Miao rebellion, 31–2:8, 11


Ming dynasty (1368–1644)


calligraphy, 35–3:9


Central Asian relations, 32–3:11


dragon motif, 32–2:18–19


European contact, 34–1:8


herdboy motif, 30–1:17


interest in antique styles and motifs during, 32–3:4, 6


landscape art, 38–1:4–7


porcelain work, 30–3:6; 32–1:8; 34–1:22; 39–1:29


reign marks, 31–2:17; 31–3:24; 39–1:27


scholars in, 32–1:5, 9


social values, 32–3:6


tea drinking, 32–1:9


Mint marks, 30–1:4, 5


Mongolia, 30–1:3; 33–1:5


conquering of China, 34–1:7


horse motif, 34–2:31


Mongolian-style metal work, 31–3:15–16


Qing dynasty and, 33–1:7–8, 11–12; 38–2:41


Monk Tiao, 30–4:10; 32–2:30


Motifs and symbolism. See INDEX OF PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF BOTTLES, MOTIFS and SYMBOLISM


Mughal style, 37–1:34


Museums and exhibitions


Arthur M. Sackler Galleries of Art (Washington, D.C.), 32–3:25


Art Museum of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 30–1:33


Elegance and Radiance: Grandeur in Qing Glass, 32–2:34–35


Arts of Pacific Asia (Asia Week in New York, 2002), 34–1:36


Asakura Choso Museum (Tokyo), 31–3:39


Asian Art in London 2000, 32–2:34


Asian Art in London 2001, 33–2:35–37


Asian Art in London 2002, 34–3:37–40


Asian Art in London 2003, 35–2:34; 35–3:35–40


Asian Art in London 2004, 36–2:30–34


Asian Art in London 2005, 37–3:49


Asian Art in London 2006, 38–3:33–37


Asian Civilisations Museum (Singapore), 31–3:37; 34–3:23–24


Chinese Snuff Bottles–Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect, 31–3:38


Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect III, 39–2:53


Beijing Bao Lee Museum, 35–2:41


British Museum (London), 31–1:38


Brussels Oriental Art Fair (2006), 37–3:49


Burghley House (Stamford, England), 38–1:44; 38–2:37–38


Chang Foundation (Taipei), 32–1:42–43


China Institute in America (New York)


Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Pamela R. Lessing
      Friedman Collection,
30–2:30; 30–3:31


Chinese Cultural Center (San Francisco), 32–1:41; 32–2:34


Chinese University of Hong Kong Art Museum, 36–2:8; 37–3:26; 39–3:44–45


Inkplay in Microcosm, 34–3:34–36


Cincinnati Art Museum, 30–1:32


Collections Baur (Geneva), 32–1:41–42; 33–2:38; 37–1:43


Crow Museum (Dallas), 36–3:39


Freer Gallery (Washington, D.C.), 32–3:24


Frye Museum (Seattle), 30–2:23; 30–4:23


Grosvenor House Art and Antiques Fair (2006), 37–3:49


Guggenheim Museum (New York), China: 5000 Years (1998), 30–3:23


Hillwood House Museum (Washington, D.C.), 32–3:22–23


Hong Kong Museum of Art, 37–3:26


Min Chiu Society exhibition, 38–1:40–42


Houston Museum of Natural Sciences, 30–2:29–30


Imperial Palace, Beijing, 32–1:41


International Asian Antique and Art Fair (Hong Kong, 2006)), 37–3:49


International Asian Art Fair (Asia Week in New York, 2002), 34–1:36


International Asian Art Fair (Asia Week in New York, 2006), 37–3:49


Los Angeles County Museum, 35–3:29


Sumptuous Microcosm: Snuff Bottles from California Collections, 36–2:4


Maastricht International Fine Art and Antique Fair (2006), 37–3:49


Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), 38–2:48


Manchu Art exhibit, 39–2:53


When Silk was Gold (1998), 30–3:23


Museum of Tobacco Arts and Crafts (Tokyo), 30–1:33; 31–3:41


National Museum of History (Taiwan), Jade: Ching Dynasty Treasures, 30–2:29; 30–4:37


New York Arts of Pacific Asia Show (2006), 37–3:49


Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena, California), 35–3:26–27


Oakland Museum of California, 36–2:41


Pacific Asia Museum (Pasadena, California), 35–3:27


Palace Museum (Beijing), 31–3:38–39; 35–1:38


Philadelphia Museum of Art, 36–1:30–32; 36–3:27


Portland Art Museum (Oregon), J&J Collection, 34–1:37; 34–2:34


Princeton University Museum, 32–1:29; 35–1:23, 32–34; 38–2:48


Qing vases of Anthony Cheung, 39–3:44


Robert Hall gallery (June 2001), 33–2:35–36


Robert Hall gallery (November 2002), 34–3:37–38


Robert Kleiner gallery (November 2002), 34–3:38


Royal Academy of Arts


China: The Three Emperors, 1662–1795, 37–3:38–41, 49


One Hundred Masterpieces of Imperial Chinese Ceramics, 30–3:31


Return of the Buddha: The Qingzhou Discoveries, 34–2:28


Royal Ontario Museum, 30–1:21


San Francisco Arts of Pacific Asia (2006), 37–3:49


Seattle Art Museum, 30–1:21; 30–2:23–24; 30–4:23


Seattle Asian Art Museum, 30–2:22; 30–4:19–21


St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts, 31–1:41


State Museum of Oriental Art (Moscow), 30–4:14–17


Strong Museum (Rochester, New York), 32–2:35


Taipei Gallery (New York), 32–1:42


Tobacco and Salt Museum (Tokyo), 30–2:29; 30–3:32; 32–3:37; 33–2:38–39


trends in snuff bottle exhibitions, 36–2:4


University of Michigan, Museum of Art at the, 35–2:41


University Museum and Art Gallery (Hong Kong), Virtuous Treasures: Chinese Jades for the Scholar’s Table, 39–3:45


Victoria and Albert Museum (London), 35–1:23


Encounters: The Meeting of Asia and Europe, 36–3:35


Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Maryland), 32–1:33; 32–3:27–28


Muwang (1001-945 b.c.), 34–2:7–8


 


N


New bottles, 31–2:22–30; 39–2:52–53


Nian Xiyao, 30–3:6–7; 35–3:17


Nicholson, Grace, 39–2:12–13


Nicollier, Vérène, 37–1:43; 39–3:44


Niu Junfang (artist), 39–3:11


North and South dynasties (420–589), dragon motif, 32–2:16


Northern Song period (960–1127 a.d.), 30–4:8; 34–2:28; 38–2:24–25


interest in antique styles and motifs during, 32–3:5


landscape art, 38–1:7


luohan imagery, 30–4:10


Northern Wei period (386–581 a.d.), 34–2:28


glassmaking in, 30–2:5, 7


 


O


Oldest snuff bottle, 38–3:41


One Bottle Studio, 39–3:17


Opium Wars, 31–1:28–29, 30–32; 34–1:10–11; 34–3:20; 36–2:25


 


P


Palindrome inscriptions, 39–3:4–7


Perfume bottles, 36–3:39


Photography, snuff bottle, 33–1:35


Pitt, Thomas, 32–2:9


Polishing snuff bottles, 37–2:23


Porcelain manufacturing


blue and white porcelain, 32–1:8; 37–2:38


European and Western influences, 30–3:4–6; 31–3:26–28


European–Chinese trade, 34–1:8, 9


imitations of other materials, 35–3:13–17


introduction of famille-rose palette, 32–2:4–15


Jingdezhen technique (convention lecture), 31–1:37; 31–3:26


modern Jingdezhen production, 35–2:26–33


peachbloom glaze, 38–3:33–34


scholar art, 32–1:8


technical and historical development, 34–1:22


 


Q


Qi, 32–1:16


Qian Hui’an, 30–1:17


Qianlong period (1735–1796), 30–1:30; 32–1:31–32; 33–2:35; 38–3:35


badges of rank, 38–3:8–9, 11–12


calligraphic arts, 34–3:12–13


carving skills, 36–2:15, 19, 25


Central Asian relations, 32–3:11


cloisonné work, 30–3:13; 39–1:37–38


commemorations of military victories, 32–3:10–11


design features, 36–3:38


dragon motif, 31–3:15


emperor’s life, 38–2:4–5, 20–21, 39, 40


emperor’s poetry, 38–2:5–14


enameled snuff bottles, 36–1:3; 37–3:5, 7; 39–1:16–17


European and Western influence, 33–1:6; 34–1:9; 36–2:5–6; 37–2:4–5, 6, 7


famille-rose snuff bottles, 35–2:4–20


glass cover bottles, 35–2:3


glassmaking in, 30–2:10, 12–13, 14, 15–16; 32–1:20; 36–2:12–22


Hall of Constancy, 35–1:20


imitations of other materials in ceramic or glass, 35–3:15–16


imperial architecture, 33–3:15


imperial jade, 31–3:8–9


imperial snuff bottle collection, 34–1:4–5


importance of jade, 32–3:9


ivory snuff bottles, 32–2:3; 39–1:4–15


Leshan Tang ji, 35–2:7–8


life and culture, 31–1:28; 34–1:9–10; 34–3:13–14


marks, 30–1:3, 30; 30–3:8; 31–2:16–17; 31–3:14–15, 24; 34–2:30; 34–3:7, 8, 9, 13; 35–3:38; 36–2:13, 16, 9; 37–3:7; 38–1:3, 28–30, 31–32; 38–3:40; 39–1:5, 6, 25–26; 39–2:49


metal-encased glass bottles, 31–3:15–16


painting style, 38–3:40


porcelain arts, 30–3:6, 30–3:8–20; 30–4:15; 31–2:14–15; 32–2:12–15; 38–3:40; 39–1:26–28, 30


porcelain figures, 30–4:3


portrait of emperor, 33–1:15; 37–3:38, 39, 40; 38–2:4


preferred materials, 32–1:15


scholar art, 32–1:11


significant features, 38–2:4


Yuyong mark on bowl, 31–3:8


Qiao sisters, 32–1:36


Qin dynasty (221–206 b.c.), 34–1:6; 34–2:6–7; 34–3:8; 39–3:31


      bureaucracy, 38–3:4


Qing dynasty (1644–1912), 32–1:31–32; 34–1:8–9


art motifs and symbolism, 31–2:10; 31–3:10; 33–1:4, 9–15; 34–1:14–15


badges of rank, 38–3:4–12


cloisonné, 30–3:12–13


coins, 30–1:9


corruption during, 39–3:11


court archives, 36–2:5


dates, 31–1:35


dating and attribution of artworks, 36–2:9


distinctive features of snuff bottles, 33–1:4–5


enameled snuff bottles, 37–3:5–9


enamel work (convention lecture), 31–1:37–38; 31–3:26–28


European and Western influence, 36–2:5–6; 38–2:39–42


fake bronze snuff bottles, 37–3:11–13


glassmaking in, 30–2:7–14, 15; 36–1:13–27; 36–2:12–29


imitations of other materials in ceramic or glass, 35–3:13–15, 16


imperial architecture, 32–1:30; 32–3:22; 33–1:13–14; 33–3:4–23


interest in antique styles and motifs during, 32–3:4, 7, 17


life and culture, 31–1:28–35; 31–2:4–11, 38; 32–3:23–24; 33–1:4–9; 36–2:7–8


mask handle motif, 31–3:13


opium use and trade, 34–3:20


opposition to, 32–1:13, 16


origins, 33–3:4; 38–2:39


palindrome-inscribed bottles, 39–3:4–7


porcelain, 30–3:4–6, 8–19; 32–1:8; 33–3:31; 34–1:22


rebuses, 36–1:5–12


regional relations, 33–1:7–8; 36–2:5–6


reign marks, 31–2:15–16; 31–3:24; 38–1:28–30


scholars in, 32–1:4, 5, 17


snuff bottles, 34–1:14–16, 22; 36–2:12–29; 37–3:10–12; 38–3:38–39; 39–3:25


social values, 32–3:6


summer palaces, 33–3:4


Taiping Rebellion, 31–1:29, 30; 31–2:4–8, 10–11; 34–3:20


trends in research and scholarship, 36–2:5


Western contact, 33–1:5–6, 8, 12–13; 34–1:8–9, 10–13


Xinjiang jade, 33–1:8–9


Qingming Festival, 30–1:22–23


Qingquan, 33–3:3


Qin Shihuang, 34–1:6; 34–3:7–8


Qin Shihuangdi, 39–3:31, 32, 33


Qiushi. See Liu Xinkai (artist)


Qiushi (artist), 38–2:21–23


Qiu Wei, 34–2:18–19


Qiu Ying, 30–1:12–13


Qu Yuan, 36–1:4; 37–1:13


 


R


Rebuses and puns, 34–1:14; 35–2:23–24; 39–2:51


in badges of rank, 38–3:10–12


for continuous reign, 36–1:5–7


with monkey image, 36–3:8–15


Qing dynasty, 36–1:5–12


Red Cliff themes, 36–3:18–23; 37–1:17–19


Reign marks. See INDEX OF PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF BOTTLES, REIGN MARKS


Ren Renfa (artist), 32–3:18


Research


for collecting, 31–3:10


future of snuff bottle scholarship, 36–2:6–11


state of snuff bottle scholarship, 36–2:4–6


Ricci, Matteo, 30–2:7; 33–1:6; 34–1:8


Ripa, Matteo, 32–2:4


Rong Lu, 39–3:3


Ruan Yuan, 34–3:17


Ru wares, 30–3:4


Ruyi scepters, 32–1:7; 35–3:15


 


S


Scholars


art objects and art motifs, 32–1:5–17; 36–2:8


calligraphic arts, 32–1:5; 34–3:4, 5–6


examinations, 32–1:4, 5–6; 32–2:25–26


leisure activities, 34–2:13–20


persecutions, 34–1:6


role of, 32–1:4, 5


servants of, 32–1:17


social class of, 32–1:4


status of, in Chinese society and culture, 32–1:4–5; 38–1:6


urbanization movement and, 38–1:6–9


Seal marks


fakes and forgeries, 39–3:26


See also INDEX OF PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF BOTTLES, SEAL MARKS


Shandong School, 34–1:15


Shang dynasty (1766–ca. 1050 b.c.), 30–1:11; 34–1:6


calligraphic decoration, 32–3:16, 17


inscribed writing, 35–3:7


Shegong, 30–4:10; 32–2:30


Shen Quanlin, 34–3:16


Shen Zhou, 37–1:16–17


Shi Chuan (artist), 35–1:28


Shishou Shanren (artist), 36–2:40


Shixiang, 34–2:29–30


Shi Yun, 30–1:3


Shunzhi emperor


bronze snuff bottles, 39–1:16


Hall of Constancy and, 35–1:19


imperial architecture, 33–3:5


Six Dynasties period (220–589)


luohan imagery, 30–4:9–10


Size of snuff bottles, 35–1:21–23, 31; 36–2:13


Snuff bottles and snuff taking, 37–2:4, 20; 39–3:25


Bavarian containers, 32–1:18–26


declining interest in snuff taking, 34–1:5


design requirements, 32–1:21


in early Chinese fiction, 33–1:6–7


hollowing, 39–1:7


origins and early development, 31–2:13–14; 33–1:4–5; 34–1:4, 9; 36–1:13–14; 37–3:10; 38–3:38


outside of China, 32–1:18


physical aspects of snuff bottles. See INDEX OF PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF BOTTLES


Qing dynasty, 34–1:14–16, 22


scholar art, 32–1:9–17


size of snuff bottles, 35–1:21–23, 31; 36–2:13


Song dynasty (960–1279), 39–3:22


calligraphic decoration, 32–3:16–17


celadon ware, 32–1:6


dragon motif, 32–2:17, 18, 2:20–21


imitations of other materials in ceramic, 35–3:13


interest in antique styles and motifs during, 32–3:4–6


lacquer work, 32–3:14


porcelain, 30–3:4; 34–1:22; 35–3:35


rock motif, 32–1:9


scholars in, 32–1:4, 5, 7


Stoppers, 36–3:35–36


Japanese, 39–1:8


official’s-hat form, 31–3:8; 33–1:14–15


selection of, 31–3:9–10


significance of, 31–3:9


Studio of Accumulated Antiquity, 34–3:17


Studio of Appreciation of Imperial Favor, 37–1:34


Stumpf, Killian, 30–2:8; 31–3:32; 32–1:20; 32–3:11; 36–1:14


Su, Prince, 33–3:3


Su Dong Bo, 34–3:18


Su Feng-yi (Su Yi Feng) (artist), 30–4:36; 37–1:43; 37–2:15; 39–3:13


Sui dynasty (581–618), 30–1:12; 34–1:22


Sun Guoting, 34–2:29


Sun Shihua (artist), 32–3:18


Sun Xingwu (artist), 32–3:32; 34–1:17; 36–1:39


Suo Jing (artist), 34–2:35–37; 39–3:16


Su Shi (Su Shih), 34–3:18; 36–3:18–22; 37–1:18–19; 38–2:34


Su Wu, 32–3:35; 33–2:3; 35–2:24–25


Suyun daoren, 38–2:27–29; 39–3:3


Suzhou style, 38–3:38


agate snuff bottles, 32–1:37; 35–2:36


auctions


Hong Kong 1997, 30–1:29, 30


Hong Kong 1998, 30–3:32


Hong Kong 2000, 32–3:33


Hong Kong 2004, 36–2:39


London 2001, 33–2:37; 33–3:35


London 2002, 34–2:29–30


London 2004, 36–3:36–37


New York 1998, 30–3:26; 30–4:34


New York 2004, 36–1:36, 40


New York 2005, 37–1:34–35


record auction price, 34–2:30


calligraphy, 34–3:14


characteristics, 30–4:16; 39–1:19


cover bottles, 37–3:3; 39–1; 39–2:3


growth in 19th century, 31–2:9


nephrite carving, 32–3:3; 33–1:10


 


T


Taiping Rebellion, 31–1:29, 30; 31–2:4–8, 10–11, 18; 34–1:11; 34–3:20; 36–2:25, 31


Taiwan, Imperial snuff bottle collection in, 34–1:4–5


Takeuchi Seiho, 37–2:15–16


Tang dynasty (618–907), 38–3:34


dragon motif, 32–2:18


historical and political developments, 32–3:4


luohan imagery, 30–4:10


porcelain, 30–3:4; 34–1:22; 35–3:35–36


scholars in, 32–1:4


Tang Ying, 30–3:6, 7–19; 32–2:11–12, 14–15; 35–2:4–6, 8, 13; 35–3:17; 38–2:7–13 (passim)


Tang Zichuan (artist), 33–3:34


Tan Xinpei, 30–4:32; 32–1:36; 32–3:32; 34–2:31


Tao Yuanming, 30–1:13–14; 34–2:14–15, 16, 17


Tea, 32–1:9; 34–2:22


Yixing teapots, 34–2:27, 32


Thomson, Kenneth, 39–3:23–24


Three Kingdoms period (220–265), 30–4:8


Tianbao period (742–755), 38–2:25


Tibet, 30–1:9–10; 34–3:37


Qing dynasty, 33–1:7–8, 13–14, 15; 36–2:5


Tiger legends and symbolism, 30–4:5–12


Tongzhi Restoration, 36–2:25–26, 27–28


Trompe l’oeil, 30–3:4–22


Tsuda Family, 31–2:3; 33–3:31; 35–1:25


 


U


Ulugh Beg, 32–3:11


 


W


Wang Bingrong (artist), 32–3:35; 33–2:36–37; 35–1:29; 36–1:37; 36–2:8; 37–1:36; 39–3:29, 38


Wang (C. C.) Jiqian (artist), 37–1:5, 37–1:6


Wang Guangyu (Wang Guanyu) (artist), 30–4:36; 33–1:39; 37–1:41; 39–3:13


Wang Hui (artist), 34–1:17


Wang Qingfang (artist), 39–3:17


Wang Shi (artist), 32–3:35


Wang Shizhen, 36–1:13


Wang Su (artist), 31–2:9; 31–3:14; 39–1:24


Wang Wei, 34–2:15–16


Wang Wenshao, 32–3:33


Wang Xisan (artist), 30–4:7; 31–2:35; 31–3:20; 32–2:21; 32–3:20, 35; 33–1:33, 36; 34–1:34; 34–2:35; 35–1:23, 29; 37–1:41; 38–2:20, 23–24, 44; 39–1:16, 17; 39–3:8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20


Wang Xizhi, 31–3:12, 13; 32–3:14; 34–3:10; 35–1:34; 39–3:14


Wang Xueming (artist), 39–3:15


Wang Zhenpeng (artist), 32–2:20


Wanli period (1573–1620), 30–3:6; 32–3:19


Watteau, Jean-Antoine, 37–2:5


Weidong, Yao (artist), 38–3:3


Wei Yingwu, 34–2:18


Western influences. See European and Western influences


Wu Cheng’en, 36–3:7


Wude reign. See Gaozu, Emperor


Wu Gang, 31–3:20–21


Wu Song, 30–4:5


Wu Tao (artist), 31–2:7


Wu Ti, Emperor (140–87 b.c.), 30–1:8


Wu Xijiu (artist), 36–2:29


Wu Yuchuan (artist), 36–2:31; 38–1:23–27, 30, 31


Wu Zetian, Empress (609–705), 32–3:14–15


Wu zhu coins, 30–1:8–9


Wu Zixu, 32–2:20


 


X


Xianfeng period (1850–1861), 36–2:27


porcelain work, 31–2:18


sociopolitical environment, 31–1:28–29; 31–2:8


Xiangjun (artist), 38–2:30


Xiaoxia (artist), 36–2:39


Xiao-Xiang, 37–1:13


Xichi (artist), 34–3:16, 18–19


Xie An, 34–2:10


Xie Dingahu, 30–4:5


Xifeng shanfren, 31–3:12


Xingyouheng Tang (Hall of Constancy), 30–1:30, 35; 30–3:13; 35–1:19–20; 36–2:39


hallmark, 39–1:21–22


Xinluo Shanren (artist), 34–3:16


Xiwangmu, 31–3:20


Xuantong, Emperor (1908–1912), Ma Shaoxuan’s portrait of, 30–1:31; 30–2:27


Xuanwu, 33–2:6


Xuanzhuang, 36–3:7


Xuanzong, Emperor (713–755), 38–2:25


Xu Liwei (artist), 39–3:8


 


Y


Yang Boda, 37–3:12


Yang He Tang, 30–1:27


Yang Xiang, 30–4:5


Yangzhou School, 30–1:27; 32–3:18–19; 38–1:31–32; 39–3:19


auctions


Hong Kong 2000, 32–3:32


London 1999, 31–3:39


London 2001, 33–2:37


London 2006, 38–3:36


New York 2000, 32–1:36


New York 2001, 33–3:30


New York 2002, 34–1:33


calligraphy, 34–3:14, 16–17


cover bottles, 36–2:3


style, 36–2:20–21


Yan Yutian (artist), 34–3:3; 39–3:20


Yan Yutien (artist), 36–2:32


Yao Mendong (artist), 34–1:33


Ye Bengqi (artist), 30–4:32; 32–1:36–37; 32–3:35; 33–1:34; 34–1:33–34; 34–3:36; 36–3:26–27; 37–3:10, 12, 13–17, 46; 39–1:16, 17; 39–3:8, 10, 17, 20


Ye family, 34–2:35; 39–1:16–17; 39–3:8


Yen Yutian (artist), 36–1:38


Ye Shuying (artist), 32–3:35; 39–3:8


Ye Studio, 30–1:16


Ye Xiaofeng (artist), 30–3:32; 31–2:35; 34–3:36; 39–3:8, 10, 17


Ye Zhongsan (artist), 30–1:17; 30–3:25; 30–4:8; 33–1:35; 34–1:14, 15–16, 17; 34–2:31; 35–1:34; 36–3:5, 6; 37–2:11; 38–2:20, 26, 31; 39–1:16–17; 39–3:40


auctions, 39–3:35


Beijing 2005, 37–3:47


Hong Kong 2000, 32–3:35, 36


London 1999, 31–3:34


London 2003, 35–2:37


London 2006, 38–2:45–46


New York 1999, 31–2:34–35


New York 2000, 32–1:36; 33–1:33


New York 2002, 34–1:34


New York 2003, 35–1:29


New York 2005, 37–1:31–32, 35


cover bottle, 34–3:29


hundred boys theme, 35–1:21–22


Yian, 33–3:3


Yijing, 35–2:23–24


Yijin (Yizhin) zhai, 36–2:7; 37–1:34


Yikuang, 34–3:3


Yin Chang, 35–1:30


Yin Xi, 30–1:23


Yin-yang, 33–3:5


Yiru Jushi (artist), 30–3:25


Yixing workshops, 31–2:8


auctions


New York 2002, 34–1:33


New York 2005, 37–1:36


cover bottles, 37–2:3


modern ceramic production, 34–2:22–27


pottery, 32–1:9


significance of, 37–2:3


snuff bottles, 32–1:9–10; 34–2:19


stoneware, 32–2:8


Yong Huang, 35–1:20


Yongle, Emperor, imperial architecture, 33–3:5


Yongluo, Emperor, 32–2:19


Yongxing, 36–2:7


Yongzheng period (1723–1735), 35–1:19; 36–2:5; 38–2:25


base marks, 32–1:16; 32–2:10 11; 37–3:7


embellished glass bottles, 31–2:34


enameled snuff bottles 37–3:5


famille-rose enamels, 32–2:9–12


glassmaking in, 30–2:12, 14; 35–3:22; 36–1:20–27


imitations of other materials in ceramic, 35–3:14–15


imperial architecture, 33–3:4–5


ivory snuff bottles, 39–1:13–14


Palace Workshop snuff bottles, 37–2:29–37


porcelain work, 30–3:6, 7; 35–2:4, 6; 37–3:11


portrait of emperor, 37–3:38, 39


reign marks, 31–2:15–16; 31–3:24; 34–3:9; 39–1:27–28


Young, Mary Margaret (Meriem Collection), 39–3:36


Yu, Emperor, 37–1:10, 12


Yuan dynasty (1260-1368), 34–1:7–8


Yuanmingyuan, 30–1:27; 30–4:31; 31–1:42


destruction of, 34–1:11; 36–2:12


glasswork, 36–2:12–13


Qing period, 33–1:10


Yuan period (1260-1368)


anti-Mongol expression, 32–3:18


nephrite bowl, 32–1:6


Yuan Shi Kai, 33–3:3


Yucheng (artist), 32–1:8


Yu Guoding (artist), 31–3:12


Yun Shixiang (artist), 39–2:3


Yun Shouping (artist), 31–3:13


Yu Zhonglin, 32–2:18–19


 


Z


Zaichuan, 30–1:30


Zai Fu, 34–3:3


Zaifu, Prince, 32–3:33


Zaiquan, 35–1:19, 20


Zang Yingxuan, 30–3:6; 35–3:16–17


Zhang Bao Hua (artist), 38–3:37


Zhang Boatian (artist), 32–1:36; 34–1:17


Zhang Daoling, 33–2:8–9


Zhang Fei, 30–4:8


Zhang Junping (artist), 39–3:15


Zhang Sengyou (artist), 32–2:29


Zhao Mengfu, 35–3:10–11


Zhao Qi, 31–3:14


Zhao Yun, 30–4:8


Zhao Zhiqian, 31–3:10–11; 36–2:8


Zheng Bangiao (artist), 34–3:16–17


Zhengde emperor, 39–1:27


Zheng Xie (artist), 34–3:16–17


Zhenwu, 33–2:6


Zhen Zhongsan (artist), 31–3:34


Zhiting school, 35–1:28; 36–1:36


Zhong Ji (artist), 32–1:36


Zhong Kui, 31–1:32–35, 43; 33–2:8; 36–1:5


Zhou Chu, 30–4:5


Zhou dynasty (1122–256 b.c.), 30–1:12; 34–1:6


calligraphic decoration, 32–3:16


glassmaking, 32–3:11


      as Golden Age, 32–3:4


inscribed genealogy, 35–3:7


snake mythology, 33–2:5


Zhou Hongbin (artist), 32–3:33; 33–2:37


Zhou Honglai, 36–2:29; 39–3:40


Zhou Hongli (artist), 32–1:12


Zhou Leyuan (artist), 31–2:5; 34–1:15, 17; 34–2:16; 34–3:17, 36; 35–1:34; 36–2:9; 38–1:41; 39–3:9, 19, 20


auctions


Hong Kong 2000, 32–3:31, 32


Hong Kong 2004, 36–2:40


London 1999, 31–3:34


London 2001, 33–2:37


New York 1999, 31–2:35


New York 2000, 32–3:29; 33–1:33


New York 2004, 36–1:38–39


cover bottle, 34–3:3


Zhou Shaoyuan (artist), 36–2:39


Zhou Zhiyan, 34–3:16


Zhubin, 31–3:14


Zhu Geliang, 39–3:16


Zhu Xuan (artist), 39–3:19


Ziaquan, 32–3:33


Zitan wood, 32–1:7–8


Ziyizi (artist), 32–3:33; 35–1:7–8


Ziyu, 31–3:12


Zong Bing, 37–1:12


Zunghars, 33–1:7


Zuo Shiyong, 32–2:4–5