A FINE CARVED AMETHYST BOTTLE

RUSTIC CRYSTAL MASTER SCHOOL, 1750-1850

細節

A FINE CARVED AMETHYST BOTTLE
Rustic Crystal Master School, 1750-1850
Of flattened, rounded-rectangular form, well-carved in relief with a monkey family playing in a pine grove, the reverse with a continuation of a more distant landscape scene, with a pavilion in the foreground, well hollowed, stopper
2 13/16in. (7.2cm.) high

來源

Hugh M. Moss, Ltd., London.

展覽

Chinese Snuff Bottles, Taipei Gallery, New York, 1993, p. 11.

拍品專文

This unusual pale amethyst bottle is a masterpiece from the Rustic Crystal Master School, with an unusual and very even pale-colored material, delightful subject, and masterly control of the medium. For other examples of the school, see lot 137. This is a typical decorative scheme for the artist, where a high-relief subject on one side is balanced by a low-relief landscape on the other. The monkeys stand for advancement through the ranks.

For another imposing bottle by the Rustic Crystal Master with high relief on one side and low relief on the other, see L. S. Perry, Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Adventures and Studies of a Collector, Rutland, Vermont, 1960, p. 58, no. 30.