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A LARGE MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INSET WOOD SNUFF
BOTTLE
THE YAJI MASTER, JAPAN, 1860-1920
The wood bottle is inset on each side with a mother-of-pearl panel
fnely carved with fgures in pavilions in a mountainous retreat,
and the narrow sides are carved with butterfies and blue vapor
interrupted by ring handles on the shoulders.
3¡ in. (8.6 cm.) high, original wood cover with mother-of-pearl shou
medallion
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE
Jin Hing & Co., Los Angeles, California.
Linda Riddell Hofman Collection; Bonham’s New York, 22 March
2011, lot 148.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5187.
A bottle, also by the Yaji Master, with inset shell panels carved
with similar landscapes and buildings, but of only white color, is
illustrated in Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuf
Bottles, the Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 7, Part 2, Hong
Kong, 2009, pp. 604-606.
日本 1860-1920年 雅集大師作木胎螺鈿開光山水人物圖鼻煙壺
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