Lot Essay
For a Suzhou agate bottle carved with similar imagery, see The Blanche B. Exstein Collection of FIne Chinese Snuff Bottles, Christie's New York, 21 March 2002, lot 188.
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SUZHOU SCHOOL, 1750-1820
Details
A SMALL CARVED CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
SUZHOU SCHOOL, 1750-1820
Of a flattened pear shape, the bottle is carved on one side with a horse standing amidst swirling clouds, beneath a four-chraacter inscrption reading longma futu (the dragon-horse carries the eight trigrams on his back), with a yin yang symbol resting on a column of vapor rising from behind the horse. The reverse is carved with a crane in flight, with vapor rising from waves towards a pavilion in the clouds.
2 1⁄16 in. (5.2 cm.) high, pink tourmaline stopper
SUZHOU SCHOOL, 1750-1820
Of a flattened pear shape, the bottle is carved on one side with a horse standing amidst swirling clouds, beneath a four-chraacter inscrption reading longma futu (the dragon-horse carries the eight trigrams on his back), with a yin yang symbol resting on a column of vapor rising from behind the horse. The reverse is carved with a crane in flight, with vapor rising from waves towards a pavilion in the clouds.
2 1⁄16 in. (5.2 cm.) high, pink tourmaline stopper
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 26 November 1991, lot 215.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
Literature
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 150-151, no. 62.
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Margaret Gristina (葛曼琪)
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For a Suzhou agate bottle carved with similar imagery, see The Blanche B. Exstein Collection of FIne Chinese Snuff Bottles, Christie's New York, 21 March 2002, lot 188.