No ivory bottle of this subject appears to be published. For another ivory figural bottle with similar stopper forming the hat of a robed boy, see Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., Fine Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mrs. Elmer A. Claar, Part One, December 2, 1969, lot 55; and another of an elderly bearded sage holding what appears to be a single scroll, see Bob C. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1980, p. 206, no. 789, from the Alex S. Carsons Collection. Another bearing the figure of Liuhai with his top-knot forming the stopper is illustrated by Robert W.L. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, Hong Kong, 1987, p. 141, no. 192. For another standing boy bottle, see Sotheby's, London, April 24, 1989, lot 311, also illustrated by Clare Lawrence, 'London Auction Review', I.C.S.B.S., Journal, Autumn, 1989, p. 28, fig. 7. See, also, lot 393, ibid., for a larger table bottle depicting Liuhai, where the complete head forms a screw-top stopper. A stylistically similar ivory figure dated to the 17th century depicting a kneeling boy, was included in the exhibition, Ivories of China and the East, Spink and Son Ltd., London, November 8-23, 1984, Catalogue, no. 17