Bottle ID: 385

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CITRINE, CARVED LANDSCAPE

Date: 1750-1860

Height: 68 mm

Citrine, very well hollowed, of flattened rectangular form, the shoulders sloping to a cylindrical neck and with a neatly carved oval footrim, carved on one side with a waterside landscape with a scholar seated on a rocky bank above his country retreat gazing out across an expanse of water, with massive rocks and a large pine, and other trees beside him, a small boat on the water, and scrolling clouds above, the reverse with three bats in scrolling clouds.

Similar Examples:

Crane Collection no. 416 (amethyst).
Crane Collection no. 713 (crystal).
Moss, Hugh M. Chinese Snuff Bottles of the Silica or Quartz Group, 1971, p. 25, no. 47.
Moss, Hugh, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang. A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles - The Mary and George Bloch Collection, 1998, Vol. 2, Part 1, pp. 194-195, no. 254.
Hughes, Michael C. The Blair Bequest - Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Princeton University Art Museum, 2002, p. 60, no. 35.

Provenance:

Hugh Moss [HK] Ltd.

It is rare to find early citrine (yellow crystal) from China and the few that are known appear to be from the Rustic Crystal Master’s workshop. This is one of the finest, using the natural wispy cloud-like inclusions in the stone to great effect to enhance the carved clouds and atmosphere of the landscape.

 

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