Lot Essay
For a discussion of the School of the Rustic Crystal Master, see H. Moss, V. Graham, K.B. Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and Geaorge Bloch Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, vol. 2, Quartz, nos. 254-257, and for another rare example in amethyst, H. Moss, V. Graham, K.B. Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle: The J & J Collection, New York, 1993, no. 103.