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Lot Essay
There appears to be only one other figural amber bottle published depicting the Daoist immortal Li Tiegui. See Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, New York and Tokyo, 1993, vol. II, pp. 491-492, no. 290.
For another rare figural amber bottle depicting Liuhai, see Robert W. L. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, Hong Kong, 1987, Catalogue, pp. 150-151, no. 205. For another figure of Liuhai formerly in the Collection of Ambassador T. T. Li (Shanghai, 1945), see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, New York and Tokyo, 1993, vol. II, p. 489, no. 289
For another rare figural amber bottle depicting Liuhai, see Robert W. L. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, Hong Kong, 1987, Catalogue, pp. 150-151, no. 205. For another figure of Liuhai formerly in the Collection of Ambassador T. T. Li (Shanghai, 1945), see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, New York and Tokyo, 1993, vol. II, p. 489, no. 289