A FINELY CARVED GREENISH-WHITE AND RUSSET JADE SNUFF BOTTLE

MASTER OF THE ROCKS SCHOOL, 1740-1840

細節

A FINELY CARVED GREENISH-WHITE AND RUSSET JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
MASTER OF THE ROCKS SCHOOL, 1740-1840
The bottle with a rounded rectangular foot, finely carved through the pale yellowish-russet skin on the narrow side with masks suspending fixed-ring handles, the body of the bottle of even greenish-white tone with some light russet mottling, stopper
2 11/16 in. (6.7 cm.) high

來源

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3 November 1994, lot 982
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd.

展覽

Christie's Los Angeles, 2003

拍品專文

The finely carved mask and ring handles, with their distinctive floppy ears and rather hang-dog expressions, appearing on the narrow sides of this elegantly simple bottle are typical of those found on bottles attributed to link it to the Master of the Rocks School. The use of the material is superb, retaining the skin color only for the two mask handles, and one can see why such restraint was exercised in this unusual carving from the school.