Bottle ID: 823

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CARVED WITH SHOULAO AND ATTENDANT

Date: 1780-1850

Height: 73 mm

An amber snuff bottle, superbly hollowed, of rectangular form with rounded shoulders and a cylindrical neck, with a neatly carved oval footrim, the rich honey-colored material extensively crizzled, carved on one main side with Shoulao holding a staff in one hand, stroking his long beard beside his attendant carrying a fly-whisk and smiling up at him, both in the shade of a pine tree, the reverse with a similar scene, the two narrow sides carved with rockwork and pine.

 

Provenance:

Clare Chu Asian Art
Zhenliu Xuan Collection, CA.
Doyle’s Auction, New York, September 11, 2017

 

 

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