Lot Essay
The inscription reads Piaolai mei gong xiao/feizuo liu bian chun and may be translated as: 'Early springtime, the willow tree trembles; the plum blossoms float past, making us all smile.'
19TH CENTURY
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A CHALCEDONY AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
19th century
Carved using the waxy ochre skin of the stone with a thrush perched on a blossoming prunus branch, beside an inscription incised on the paler area, the reverse with a similar relief-carved lion-dog below a fluttering bird in pine tree, mounted jadeite stopper
19th century
Carved using the waxy ochre skin of the stone with a thrush perched on a blossoming prunus branch, beside an inscription incised on the paler area, the reverse with a similar relief-carved lion-dog below a fluttering bird in pine tree, mounted jadeite stopper