Bottle ID: 0072

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CARVED, BANNERMAN

Date: 1750-1860

Height: 60 mm

 

Agate, very well hollowed, of squared form with rounded sides and a neatly carved footrim, the honey colored stone with a banded golden brown inclusion carved in relief on the front with a Manchu bannerman astride his galloping horse, his banner unfurled and over his shoulder, a bat flying above.

 

Similar Examples:

Crane Collection no. 261
Lawrence, Clare. Miniature Masterpieces from the Middle Kingdom - The Monimar Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, 1996, pp. 130-131, no. 59.163.
Moss, Hugh, Victor Graham and Ka bo Tsang. A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles - The Mary and George Bloch Collection, 1998, Vol. 2, Part 2, pp. 336-339, no. 305.
Holden, Rachelle R. Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, 1994, pp. 340-341, no. 152.

 

Provenance:

Clare Lawrence Ltd.
The Thewlis Collection

 

 

Published:
 

Lawrence, Clare. The Thewlis Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, 1990, p. 15, no. 11

 

 

No conclusive study of the dating of hardstones has been undertaken by scholars in the filed of snuff bottles. Most agate bottles without an imperial designation are, like this example depicting a Manchu bannerman on his galloping steed, dated within the broad range of 1750-1860. The beginning date is given as a time when the popularity of snuff bottles began to climb, and spread outside the Court to both scholars and wealthy connoisseurs. The cut-off date is almost at the end of the Xianfeng period when the country was in turmoil with the Taiping Rebellion, the near bankruptcy of the Imperial Court, and the resulting disintegration of art and craft in areas such as Jingdezhen, where the kilns had been destroyed.

 

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