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Lot Essay
For another with amber glass ground, see Rachelle R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far from the World, New York, 1994, pp. 86-87, no. 30.
For another example, see A Congregation of Snuff Bottle Connoisseurs, Hong Kong, 1996, Catalogue, pp. 46-47, no. 47.
The three fruit, sanduo, form the motif of the three plenties: a wish for an abundance of blessings, longevity and many offspring. See, also, another example illustrated in Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1991, Catalogue, p. 228, no. 316
For another example, see A Congregation of Snuff Bottle Connoisseurs, Hong Kong, 1996, Catalogue, pp. 46-47, no. 47.
The three fruit, sanduo, form the motif of the three plenties: a wish for an abundance of blessings, longevity and many offspring. See, also, another example illustrated in Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1991, Catalogue, p. 228, no. 316