Lot 131
131
A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER BOTTLE

Details
A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER BOTTLE
18TH CENTURY

Of flattened spade shape, carved on each side with a scholar and attendant in a rocky landscape with trees in a continuous scene, metal body, age cracks and chips, stopper

Lot Essay

For a similar type of bottle, dated to the Qianlong period and carved in deep rounded relief distinctive of this group, see Robert W. L. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, pp. 144-145, fig. 196