A CARVED MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND WOOD SNUFF BOTTLE
THE YAJI MASTER, JAPAN, 1860-1930
The bottle is set on each side with a carved shell panel, one side depicting He Xiangu with a basket of flowers, the reverse with two scholars in a landscape, the narrow sides set with raised bosses and geometric patterns in carved shell.
2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Robert Kleiner, London, 2008. Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4732.
For another bottle by the Yaji Master see Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 7, Part 2, Hong Kong, 2009, pp. 604-606, no. 1717.
More from
The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part III