Lot 95
95
A FINE AND RARE EMBELLISHED AMBER BOTTLE

Details
A FINE AND RARE EMBELLISHED AMBER BOTTLE
INCISED QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK, THE BOTTLE PROBABLY PERIOD, THE DECORATION LATER, POSSIBLY IN KYOTO

Of rounded rectangular shape, the amber of translucent pale orange tone painted and inlaid in various hardstones and pearls with an elegant female seated at a table under a tree, a cockerel with open wings before her, and continuing on the other side with a group of child musicians on a nearby terrace appearing from behind a large red lacquer screen painted with a lotus pond on a gold ground, some small losses, stopper
Provenance
Mrs. Elmer A. Claar, Chicago
Sold Parke Bernet Galleries May 20, 1970 (Part Three), lot 541

Lot Essay

Fine embellished amber bottles are rare. For two examples of embellished lacquer using a similar technique and subject matter see Bob C. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, figs. 814 and 816

For further discussion of embellished bottles see the foonote to lot 46