1750-1850

Details

A CARVED AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1850
The bottle is carved in low relief through the marbled opaque amber with a continuous landscape, one side with Huang Chengyan riding a donkey followed by his attendant bearing a double gourd below pine trees and blossoming prunus, the reverse with a scholar leading a donkey and accompanied by an attendant.
2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high, glass stopper

Provenance

Robert Kleiner, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5147.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

For a discussion on Huang Chengyan and his role in the Sanguo yanyi ('Romance of the Three Kingdoms') see Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 4, Part 2, Hong Kong, 2000, pp. 357-358, no. 573.

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