A DUAN STONE CARVED 'LANDSCAPE' SNUFF BOTTLE18th centuryOf rectangular form, carved on one side with a mountainous landscape beside a river with asampan floating by the moor with gnarled pine andwutong trees, the other side with calligraphic inscription and seal, all surmounted by cylindrical neck, stopper, box.6cm (2 3/8in) high. (2).For further information on this lot please visit theProvenance: 十八世紀 端石刻山水鼻烟壺Provenance:Shand Gallery, Toronto, Canada, mid 1980s (by repute)Youran Zhai Collection, Hong Kong來源:加拿大多倫多Shand Gallery，1980年代中（據藏家）香港悠然齋珍藏The inscription on the snuff bottle reads:戊子菊月馥亭製Which may be translated as'Made in Futing in theWuzi year (corresponding to 1768) in the Chrysanthemum (September in the Lunar calendar) month.With the seal: 有山 (Youshan).Futing was the studio name of Pan Yi'ao 潘奕鏊 (active during the Qianlong reign). Pan was known for being good at painting and calligraphy, as well as making Buddhist images.鼻烟壺扁瓶形，直口，橢圓形圈足。壺體兩面分別雕刻山水與棣書「戊子菊月馥亭製」，小篆落款「有山」。「馥亭」是清代畫家潘奕鏊的號，字「有山」，清乾隆年間江蘇吳縣人，工畫山水人物及草蟲。由此可推斷，「戊子」年指的是乾隆三十三年，公元1768年，菊月為中國傳統陰曆對九月的別稱。