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Lot Essay
There is a small group of Imperial bamboo veneer bottles known to date from the mid-Qing period. They are extremely rare. Some have a slightly contrasting, stained relief layer. This one has the greatest contrast of any known example, and is otherwise unique in its shape and decoration. For other examples of the group, see H. Moss, V. Graham, K. B. Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle: The J & J Collection, nos. 272 and 273, and for examples still in the Imperial Collection, Chang Lin-sheng, Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, nos. 414 and 415, and Masterpieces of Snuff Bottles in the Palace Museum, Beijing 1995, nos. 184-186.
For another bamboo-veneer example made at the Court, see G. Tsang and H. Moss, Snuff Bottles of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1978, p. 97, no. 151. See, also, two further examples of Imperial bamboo veneer from the collection of Denis Low illustrated by R. Kleiner, Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect, Singapore, 1999, no. 207 and 208.
For another bamboo-veneer example made at the Court, see G. Tsang and H. Moss, Snuff Bottles of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1978, p. 97, no. 151. See, also, two further examples of Imperial bamboo veneer from the collection of Denis Low illustrated by R. Kleiner, Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect, Singapore, 1999, no. 207 and 208.