Lot Essay
For another tourmaline bottle of Li Tiegui, also using a bluish-gray inclusion in the stone, see Sotheby's, London, Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles, June 7, 1990, lot 147
PROPERTY FROM A CANADIAN COLLECTION
A RARE PINK AND BLUISH-GRAY TOURMALINE BOTTLE AS LI TIEGUI
Details
A RARE PINK AND BLUISH-GRAY TOURMALINE BOTTLE AS LI TIEGUI
The bearded figure seated cross-legged holding his staff before him and leaning against his large ribboned gourd cut from the slightly bluish-gray transparent stone on the reverse, the gourd issuing a vapor which rises to his head, the rest of the stone of a rich pink tone, flaw to lower section
The bearded figure seated cross-legged holding his staff before him and leaning against his large ribboned gourd cut from the slightly bluish-gray transparent stone on the reverse, the gourd issuing a vapor which rises to his head, the rest of the stone of a rich pink tone, flaw to lower section