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Lot Essay
Yao Mendong is one of the group of carvers who emerged during the Daoguang period as individual artists, signing their art, which included the pre-eminent Chen Guozhi, and the better known, but more commercial carver Wang Bingrong. Yao's works are among the rarest of this seminal group of carvers.
For two typical examples of this type by Wang Bingrong, see B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, nos. 290 and 291. See, also, two related bottles in R. Kleiner, Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect: Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Denis Low, Singapore, 1999, no. 155 and 156.
For two typical examples of this type by Wang Bingrong, see B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, nos. 290 and 291. See, also, two related bottles in R. Kleiner, Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect: Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Denis Low, Singapore, 1999, no. 155 and 156.