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SCHOOL OF ZHITING, SUZHOU, 1780-1880
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A VERY RARE BLACK AND WHITE JADE BOTTLE
School of Zhiting, Suzhou, 1780-1880
Of ovoid form, the predominantly charcoal-black stone cleverly carved utilizing the white markings on one side with a farmer herding a water buffalo through a marshy field, a villa with thatched roof in the distance, the scene framed within a rocky grotto incorporating a young boy seated and probably reading from a book to one side and a footbridge leading to a remote pavilion to the other side, stopper
3½in. (8.8cm.) high
School of Zhiting, Suzhou, 1780-1880
Of ovoid form, the predominantly charcoal-black stone cleverly carved utilizing the white markings on one side with a farmer herding a water buffalo through a marshy field, a villa with thatched roof in the distance, the scene framed within a rocky grotto incorporating a young boy seated and probably reading from a book to one side and a footbridge leading to a remote pavilion to the other side, stopper
3½in. (8.8cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Holland, Michigan.
Exhibited
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan, 1978, no. 143.