Lot Essay
A Beijing enamel snuff bottle inset with a similar gilt-lacquer panel bearing a Kangxi yuzhi mark is illustrated in Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Tapei, 1991, no. 3.
It is not clear if the panels which appear to be complete compositions were made specifically for this brushpot which is typical of the size, or whether they were reduced from a table screen. The latter seems more probable.
It is not clear if the panels which appear to be complete compositions were made specifically for this brushpot which is typical of the size, or whether they were reduced from a table screen. The latter seems more probable.