Lot Essay
For a bottle with a similar depiction of a tiger see Sotheby's, Hong Kong, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Kaynes-Klitz Collection, Part 1, November 16, 1989, lot 78
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A FINE SHADOW AGATE BOTTLE
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Finely carved using the natural inclusions with a monkey clutching a fruiting peach branch on one side near a lingzhi spray and rockwork, the other side with a tiger crouched beneath bamboo as it drinks from a stream issuing from rockwork, the foot ring shallowly cut, stopper
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Finely carved using the natural inclusions with a monkey clutching a fruiting peach branch on one side near a lingzhi spray and rockwork, the other side with a tiger crouched beneath bamboo as it drinks from a stream issuing from rockwork, the foot ring shallowly cut, stopper