THE YAJI MASTER, JAPAN, 1854-1920

Details

A LARGE MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INSET WOOD SNUFF BOTTLE
THE YAJI MASTER, JAPAN, 1854-1920
The wood bottle is inset on either side with a mother-of-pearl panel finely carved with figures in pavilions in a mountainous retreat, one panel is of cream color, the other of darker amber-brown color, the two flanked on the narrow sides by carved feline mask handles.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high, jadeite stopper

Provenance

Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2007.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4547.

Exhibited

Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

A bottle, also by the Yaji Master, with inset shell panels carved with similar landscapes and buildings, but of only white color, is illustrated in 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.

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