AN INSCRIBED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
AN INSCRIBED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE

19TH CENTURY

细节
AN INSCRIBED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
19TH CENTURY
The bottle is of round ovoid form and is carved to one side with a scholar reading a book under a tall tree, beside a line of inscription. The reverse depicts a young boy attendant brewing tea, below a crane in flight. The stone ranges from pale caramel to darker brown tones.
2½ in. (6.4 cm.) high including stopper
来源
With Spink & Son Ltd., London, 8 December 1960.
Property from an Important Private European Collection.

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The inscription is read as 'xiao huan shan tong tiao bai he', which may be translated as 'beckoning the boy attendant to tease the crane'.