19TH CENTURY
Details
A porcelain 'figural' snuff bottle
19th Century
Representing Li Tieguai carrying a double gourd on his back and clasping a bamboo staff with both hands, wearing a black ground robe with flower design, the face moulded with tightly curled beard and eyebrows, the base painted with a dragon (finial to stopper missing)
9.2 cm. high
19th Century
Representing Li Tieguai carrying a double gourd on his back and clasping a bamboo staff with both hands, wearing a black ground robe with flower design, the face moulded with tightly curled beard and eyebrows, the base painted with a dragon (finial to stopper missing)
9.2 cm. high
Literature
Cf. Jutheau, Tabatires Chinoises, p.90, pl.1