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Lot Essay
For a jasper bottle carved from a stone of reverse colors, i.e.: red on a green ground rather than green on a red ground, but depicting a flying horse, see Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles IV, London, 1991, p. 45, no. 44.
For an example in chalcedony, see Helen White, Snuff Bottles from China, The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, London, 1992, pp. 54-55, no. 2
The cricket is a symbol of summer and also pluck and fighting spirit. Towards the end of the Qing Dynasty, the motif of a cricket eating cabbage leaves was a popular allusion to officials who took bribes. Presentation bottles sometimes used cautionary themes.
For an example in chalcedony, see Helen White, Snuff Bottles from China, The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, London, 1992, pp. 54-55, no. 2
The cricket is a symbol of summer and also pluck and fighting spirit. Towards the end of the Qing Dynasty, the motif of a cricket eating cabbage leaves was a popular allusion to officials who took bribes. Presentation bottles sometimes used cautionary themes.