A VERY RARE AND FINELY CARVED PORCELAIN BOTTLE

SIGNED YAO MENDONG, 1820-1860

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A VERY RARE AND FINELY CARVED PORCELAIN BOTTLE
Signed Yao Mendong, 1820-1860
Of flattened, elongated pear form, finely carved with a crane standing before a patch of lingzhi on one side, the reverse carved with a gnarled pine growing from a rocky outcropping, the trunk curling around the bottle's neck, covered overall with a rich opaque glaze, the original stopper carved with bamboo and rockwork, stopper
3in. (7.5cm.) high

来源

Hugh M. Moss Ltd., London.

拍品专文

Yao Mendong is one of the group of carvers who emerged during the Daoguang period as individual artists, signing their art, which included the pre-eminent Chen Guozhi, and the better known, but more commercial carver Wang Bingrong. Yao's works are among the rarest of this seminal group of carvers.

For two typical examples of this type by Wang Bingrong, see B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, nos. 290 and 291. See, also, two related bottles in R. Kleiner, Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect: Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Denis Low, Singapore, 1999, no. 155 and 156.