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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MARTHA M. RENK
A FINE AND UNUSUAL CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
SCHOOL OF ZHITING, SUZHOU, 1750-1850
Details
A FINE AND UNUSUAL CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
SCHOOL OF ZHITING, SUZHOU, 1750-1850
Of flattened ovoid form, the well-hollowed, pale grey stone superbly carved utilizing the dark brown and honey-colored markings with a continuous scene of a Buddhist monk seated on a rock with finger raised, gesturing toward his pupil who is wearing a cap and holding a stack of books, all beneath an overhanging pine branch extending from the tree growing on the reverse amidst a large 'water-hollowed' rock and clumps of lingzhi, stopper
2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) high
SCHOOL OF ZHITING, SUZHOU, 1750-1850
Of flattened ovoid form, the well-hollowed, pale grey stone superbly carved utilizing the dark brown and honey-colored markings with a continuous scene of a Buddhist monk seated on a rock with finger raised, gesturing toward his pupil who is wearing a cap and holding a stack of books, all beneath an overhanging pine branch extending from the tree growing on the reverse amidst a large 'water-hollowed' rock and clumps of lingzhi, stopper
2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Mrs. Elmer A. Claar, Northfield, Illinois.
Literature
M. M. Renk, "The Universe on a Small Soochow", JICSBS, vol. 10, no. 1, March 1978, pp. 17-8 and p. 21.