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A JAPANESE LAC BURGAUTÉ METAL-GROUND 'BUTTERFLY' BOTTLE
QIANLONG MARK, 19TH CENTURY
Shaped as an open-winged butterfly, inlaid in mother-of-pearl, silver and gold with a fisherman below a willow in a river landscape on one side and a solitary figure on a promontory on the other, the narrower, flat sides inlaid with a floral cell pattern, all on a dark brown ground with nashiji clouds, some edge flaking
2½in. (6.3cm.) high, including stopper
QIANLONG MARK, 19TH CENTURY
Shaped as an open-winged butterfly, inlaid in mother-of-pearl, silver and gold with a fisherman below a willow in a river landscape on one side and a solitary figure on a promontory on the other, the narrower, flat sides inlaid with a floral cell pattern, all on a dark brown ground with nashiji clouds, some edge flaking
2½in. (6.3cm.) high, including stopper