A Carved Pink Tourmaline Bottle

1850-1900

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A Carved Pink Tourmaline Bottle
1850-1900
Of flattened spade shape, carved on one side with a goose on a lotus pond, and on the oter side with a goose flying over a lotus pond, a lotus pad to one narrow side and a lotus blossom to the other, the stone of exceptional rich color, stopper
1.13/16in. (4.8cm.) high

Lot Essay

For a larger spade shaped example carved with chilong, see Hugh M. Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of the Rt. Hon. The Marquess of Exeter, K.C.M.G., London and Bradford, 1974, p. 141, no. 52. For a peach-shaped tourmaline bottle, see Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 2 May 1996, lot 1180

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