Lot Essay
For a similar bottle, carved with Buddhistic lions, see Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1991, p. 253, no. 376
ANOTHER PROPERTY
A FINE CARVED AMBER BOTTLE
Details
A FINE CARVED AMBER BOTTLE
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Of flattened rounded shape, finely carved around the body with a continuous scene of two scaly dragons contesting a flaming pearl, one rising from waves at the base, minute foot bruise--2½in. (6.4cm.) high, stopper
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Of flattened rounded shape, finely carved around the body with a continuous scene of two scaly dragons contesting a flaming pearl, one rising from waves at the base, minute foot bruise--2½in. (6.4cm.) high, stopper
Provenance
Katherine Kitchen Collection