19th century Potted with a flat lip and naturalistic foot made up of elements of the design; carved in the form of Hugong leaning on his stick, his gourd tied over one shoulder, the mouth of the gourd forming that of the bottle; the interior unglazed; no stopper, box. 8cm (3 1/8in) high.Footnotes十九世紀 瓷胎三彩「葫公」立像鼻煙壺 瓷胎上淡黃、綠及黑色釉；平唇，底以設計的元素形成，雕葫公形，壺表施淡黃釉，以黑釉點睛，內壁不施釉。 Provenance: Crane Family, Kingston, Ont, Canada, mid 1990s 來源： Crane家族收藏，加拿大安大略省金斯頓，上世紀九十年代中期 The present carved-porcelain figural bottle is of outstanding quality. It would have been manufactured from a two-part mould which the artist would then have finished with further carving. The mould joint is clearly visible on the unglazed interior. See a closely related inscribed pale-yellow porcelain 'hugong' snuff bottle from the Mary and George Bloch Collection, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 27 May 2012, lot 145. Another one from the same collection, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 31 May 2015, lot 5. 相近之雕葫公形立像鼻煙壺可參考一件瓷胎淡黃釉葫公形鼻煙壺，1830–1880年，售於香港邦翰斯，2012年5月27日，拍品編號145；另可比較同舊藏裏一件清十九世紀米黃釉壺公鼻煙壺，售於香港蘇富比，2015年5月31日，拍品編號5。