BOTTLE, 1760-1880; EMBELLISHMENT, JAPANESE, TSUDA FAMILY, 1920-1960

This is a typical example of embellishment done by the Tsuda family, discussed in H. Moss, V. Graham, K.B. Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottles: The J & J Collection, New York, 1993, no. 302. For four embellished bottles from the same family, the last of which appears to be on agate and by the same hand as this example, see L. S. Perry, Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Adventures and Studies of a Collector, Rutland, Vermont, 1960, p. 144, nos. 150-153.

For a similar subject, but on moss agate, also from the same hand, see R. Kleiner, Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect: Chinese Snuff Bottles From the Collection of Denis Low, Singapore, 1999, no. 196.