Lot 165
165
AN IMPERIAL AGATE BOTTLE

Details
AN IMPERIAL AGATE BOTTLE
ENGRAVED QIANLONG YUZHI MARK TO THE BASE AND OF THE PERIOD

Of tapering cylindrical shape with rounded shoulder and waisted neck, pairs of conjoined stylized chilong on the body between lotus lappets at the foot, ruyi-lappets at the shoulder and pendant leaf lappets at the neck, stopper
Provenance
Mrs. Elmer A. Claar, Chicago
Sold Parke Bernet Galleries, December 2, 1969 (Part One), lot 103

Lot Essay

See Hugh Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles of the Silica or Quartz Group, p. 74, figs. 194-195, for bottles of identical shape but bearing vertical calligraphic panels on the sides rather than the more unusual coiling dragons of this example