Lot Essay
The handles decorating this spectacular bottle identify it as being from the Official School. It a very rare example inscribed with the name of a previous owner.
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OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1750-1840
Details
A FINE AND RARE DENDRITIC 'MOSS' AGATE BOTTLE
Official School, 1750-1840
Of rounded-rectangular shape, the honey-toned stone attractively accented with mossy red and bluish-green markings, with concentric white banding and an incised three-character inscription reading Jie Chun Shang (For the enjoyment of Jie Chun) to one side, the narrow sides carved with masks and fixed-ring handles, stopper
2¾in. (7cm.) high
Official School, 1750-1840
Of rounded-rectangular shape, the honey-toned stone attractively accented with mossy red and bluish-green markings, with concentric white banding and an incised three-character inscription reading Jie Chun Shang (For the enjoyment of Jie Chun) to one side, the narrow sides carved with masks and fixed-ring handles, stopper
2¾in. (7cm.) high
Provenance
David Borowitz Collection.
Christie's, New York, 23 Februrary 1982, lot 262.
Christie's, New York, 23 Februrary 1982, lot 262.
Exhibited
Chinese Snuff Bottles, Taipei Gallery, New York, October 1993.