Lot Essay
The style of carving suggests that this is an Imperial bottle, in which case it is one of the very few amber bottles where we can tentatively identify it with the Court workshops.
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PROBABLY IMPERIAL, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1780-1860
Details
A RARE CARVED AMBER BOTTLE
Probably Imperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing, 1780-1860
Of flattened rectangular form, carved in relief with a magpie perched in a blossoming prunus tree, the reverse with a butterfly near a camelia, stopper
2 7/16in. (6.2cm.) high
Probably Imperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing, 1780-1860
Of flattened rectangular form, carved in relief with a magpie perched in a blossoming prunus tree, the reverse with a butterfly near a camelia, stopper
2 7/16in. (6.2cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 21 June 1995, lot 178.