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Lot Essay
For another 'Master of the Rocks' School bottle of similar shape carved with chilong to the narrow sides only, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Hong Kong, 1995, vol. I, Jade, pp. 370-371, no. 142, where the authors discuss the Imperial nature of the subject and the possibility that the School was in Suzhou which produced Imperial wares for the Court.
For a bottle of very similar profile see the so-called, 'The Master of the Rocks Dragon Vortex' bottle illustrated, ibid, pp. 344-345, no. 134.
For others, see JICSBS, March 1974, p. 14, no. 26; Christie's, New York, 29 November 1990, lot 130, the closest in design and material color; and for another signed Yitang, cut from a similar stone, see Hugh Moss et al, op.cit., pp. 380-381, no. 146
For a bottle of very similar profile see the so-called, 'The Master of the Rocks Dragon Vortex' bottle illustrated, ibid, pp. 344-345, no. 134.
For others, see JICSBS, March 1974, p. 14, no. 26; Christie's, New York, 29 November 1990, lot 130, the closest in design and material color; and for another signed Yitang, cut from a similar stone, see Hugh Moss et al, op.cit., pp. 380-381, no. 146