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拍品專文
For other masterly bottles with horses see Moss, Graham, Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle. The J & J Collection, Vol. 1, nos. 134, 151 and 153, where the symbolism of fat and thin horses is given, explaining that one represents the honest official (the thin one) who remains poor and honest, the other the corrupt official, who gets fat through his corruption. Such bottles were probably distributed as a reminder by the Court to officials, but might also have been given between officials, also as a reminder to serve the Emperor loyally and the people honestly.