Lot 428
428
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
A SUZHOU-TYPE CHALCEDONY AGATE BOTTLE

Details
A SUZHOU-TYPE CHALCEDONY AGATE BOTTLE
1800-1880

Of oviform shape, carved in the Suzhou style with a fisherman under pine to one side cleverly using the dark inclusions and to the other side with rockwork, stopper

Lot Essay

For a discussion of the Suzhou school see Hugh Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles of the Silica or Quartz Group, pp.62-74; for another example depicting fishermen see Robert W.L. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, pp.120-121, pl.170