A Pink and Pale Green Tourmaline Bottle
1800-1900
Of flattened spade shape, carved in low relief with three birds amidst camellia or begonia to one side and millet and peony to the other, the peony continuing in high relief to the narrow sides, stopper
2.3/8in. (6.1cm.) high
Lot Essay
For another more pink tourmaline bottle, see Sotheby's, London, The Stone Picking Studio Collection (Cai Shi Xuan), 21 June 1995, lot 78
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