A RARE AND FINELY CARVED ROCK CRYSTAL BOTTLE

IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1740-1800

Details

A RARE AND FINELY CARVED ROCK CRYSTAL BOTTLE
Imperial, Palace Workshops, Beijing, 1740-1800
Of compressed ovoid form, finely carved in low relief with a continuous design of nine bats amidst swirling clouds, well hollowed, stopper
2 3/8in. (6cm.) high

Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, 15 March 1984, lot 96.

Exhibited

Chinese Snuff Bottles, Taipei Gallery, New York, October 1993.

Lot Essay

This bottle is part of a group tentatively attributed to the Court, carved with exquisite low-relief design. For other related examples, see H. Moss, V. Graham, K.B. Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, vol. 2, Quartz, nos. 334 and 335.

For a similar crystal bottle, see H. White, Snuff Bottles from China: The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, London, 1992, pl. 43, no. 2.

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