Lot Essay
The inscription may be translated, 'duan is usually used for inkstones, but in this case as a bottle, as duan is a good container for snuff'
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A CARVED AND LACQUERED DUAN INKSTONE BOTTLE
DATED BINGWU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1846, AND THE NAME LI XUAN
Of flattened spade shape, carved and painted with lacquer on one side with a pair of ducks amidst lotus, the reverse with a grass script inscription and cyclical date, duan stopper
DATED BINGWU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1846, AND THE NAME LI XUAN
Of flattened spade shape, carved and painted with lacquer on one side with a pair of ducks amidst lotus, the reverse with a grass script inscription and cyclical date, duan stopper