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Lot Essay
For a large amber bottle of similar shape, formerly in the Bob C. Stevens Collection, carved with magpies amidst prunus, see Rachelle R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far from the World, New York, 1994, pp. 92-93, no. 33. For a more truncated example with a rider and assistant amidst prunus, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, New York and Tokyo, 1993, pp. 502-503, no. 297