THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A DUAN INKSTONE BOTTLE

細節
A DUAN INKSTONE BOTTLE
YU ZHI MARK, POSSIBLY 18TH CENTURY

The stone of dark tone and softly carved in low relief on one side with a sinuous, four-clawed dragon descending amidst clouds to confront a smaller dragon, and on the other side with a two line poem and the Imperial mark, yu zhi, small chips to neck and foot, stopper

拍品專文

The poem describes the smooth, silky quality of duan stone as well as the good materials found in Duanxi

A similar bottle sold Sotheby's, London, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Eric Young, Part II, October 13, 1987, lot 71