Lot Essay
For a discussion of the subject of a scholar riding a donkey see the note to lot 274
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POSSIBLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1780-1850
Details
A WHITE-OVERLAY PINK GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
POSSIBLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1780-1850
The bottle is carved through the opaque white overlay to the opaque rose-tone body on one side with a figure seated beneath a prunus tree and pulling the rein of his donkey in attempt to coax him over a log bridge, while his young attendant raises a whip behind the animal. The other side shows a scene of a scholar, possibly Meng Haoran, riding a donkey beneath a prunus tree while the attendant follows behind holding a flowering prunus branch.
2 5/8 in. (6.5 cm.) high, pink tourmaline stopper
POSSIBLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1780-1850
The bottle is carved through the opaque white overlay to the opaque rose-tone body on one side with a figure seated beneath a prunus tree and pulling the rein of his donkey in attempt to coax him over a log bridge, while his young attendant raises a whip behind the animal. The other side shows a scene of a scholar, possibly Meng Haoran, riding a donkey beneath a prunus tree while the attendant follows behind holding a flowering prunus branch.
2 5/8 in. (6.5 cm.) high, pink tourmaline stopper
Provenance
Charles V. Swain, Pennsylvania.
Robert Hall, London, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4897.
Robert Hall, London, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4897.
Literature
R. Hall, The Boston Snuff Party, Chinese Snuff Bottles XIII, London, 2008, no. 29.
Exhibited
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, Robert Hall, 2008.