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拍品專文
The formalized lappet bands around the neck and ruyi bands around the foot, combined with the mask and ring handles seen on the present bottle strongly suggest a palace production. Two magpies, shuangxi, form the rebus 'Double Happiness', and its combination with prunus, a symbol of longevity, would have made this bottle an appropriate wedding gift.
A carved amber bottle with similar motif and identical ruyi borders from the Blanche B. Exstein Collection was sold at Christie's New York, 21 March 2002, lot 94.
A carved amber bottle with similar motif and identical ruyi borders from the Blanche B. Exstein Collection was sold at Christie's New York, 21 March 2002, lot 94.