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IMPRESSED CYCLICAL DATE RENCHEN YEAR CORRESPONDING TO 1892 AND SHOP NAME FUJI
Details
A RARE MOLDED AND CARVED DOCUMENTARY YIXING FIGURAL BOTTLE
Impressed cyclical date renchen year corresponding to 1892 and shop name Fuji
Modelled as Budai, seated with feet touching, holding his protruding belly below his large breasts, and wearing a satisfied smile to his face, stopper
1.5/8in. (4.1cm.) high
Impressed cyclical date renchen year corresponding to 1892 and shop name Fuji
Modelled as Budai, seated with feet touching, holding his protruding belly below his large breasts, and wearing a satisfied smile to his face, stopper
1.5/8in. (4.1cm.) high
Provenance
Arthur Gadsby Collection
Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 2 May 1991, lot 132
Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 2 May 1991, lot 132
Literature
Bob C. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, Tokyo, 1976, p. 103, no. 343
Rachelle R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World, Hong Kong, 1994, pp. 232-233, no. 100
Rachelle R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World, Hong Kong, 1994, pp. 232-233, no. 100