Details
TWO RELIEF-CARVED AMBER BOTTLES
19TH CENTURY
One of rounded rectangular shape, carved with a procession of figures in a continuous scene around the body, possibly including Huang Chenyan on his mule, chips; the other of rounded shape and delicately carved with a scholar seated at a table near pine on one side and children playing Blind Man's Buff on the other, minute neck nibbles, both of semi-transparent tone, stoppers (2)
19TH CENTURY
One of rounded rectangular shape, carved with a procession of figures in a continuous scene around the body, possibly including Huang Chenyan on his mule, chips; the other of rounded shape and delicately carved with a scholar seated at a table near pine on one side and children playing Blind Man's Buff on the other, minute neck nibbles, both of semi-transparent tone, stoppers (2)
Provenance
Mrs. Elmer A. Claar, Chicago (the rectangular bottle) Sold Parke Bernet Galleries, May 12, 1970 (Part Three), lot 539
Albert Pyke Collection, Los Angeles (the rounded bottle)
Albert Pyke Collection, Los Angeles (the rounded bottle)