Details
A Carved Shadow Agate Bottle
1800-1880
Of rounded square shape, orange russet inclusions to one side carved in high relief to depict the four gentlemanly accomplishments, hua, qin, qi and shu (a painting, a qin, go and a book), well hollowed, stopper
2in. (5.7cm.) high
Provenance
George Fischer Collection, 1930's
Guy Mayer Collection, 1952

Lot Essay

For a similar example displaying the four gentlemanly accomplishments, see Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 30 October 1990, lot 68.

Another example is illustrated by Bob C. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York and Tokyo, 1980, pp. 142-143, no. 550

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