A BANDED AGATE BOTTLE

1750-1860

細節

A BANDED AGATE BOTTLE
1750-1860
Of rounded-rectangular form, a distinctive central band of cloudy white encircling the pale brown body, stopper
2 1/8in. (5.4cm.) high

來源

Hilda Somers Collection, acquired prior to 1952.

拍品專文

Banded agate bottles were a popular staple of courtly circles as they represent the 'jade belt' of high rank and a subtle wish that the recipient attain high honours.

For two similar banded agate bottles still in the Imperial Collection see Chang Lin-sheng, Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1991, p. 245, nos. 359 and 360.