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A FINE ROOT AMBER 'SQUIRREL AND VINE' BOTTLE
1750-1860
Of spade shape and attractively carved in medium relief in a
continuous scene with four squirrels amidst leafy grapevine with woody
stems that rises form pierced rockwork that encircles the foot, the
narrow sides well-carved in high-relief with lion-mask fixed-ring handles
below the gently sloping shoulders, a single lingzhi rising near one
narrow side, all below a cylindrical neck with small mouth opening and
all supported on a short rounded oval foot ring with shallow cut flat
base, the amber of a highly attractive honey and golden brown amber
with some small areas of transparent darker tone.
2 1/2in (6.2cm) high, stopper

$6,000 - 8,000

1750-1860 瑪瑙刻松鼠葡萄鼻煙壺一件
Provenance:
Robert Hall, London, 2012
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2012
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5413
Christie's New York, The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, 16 March
2016, lot 443
來源：
Robert Hall，倫敦，2012年
莫士撝，香港，2012年
露芙及卡尔‧巴伦珍藏，Belmont，马萨诸塞州，編號5413
佳士得，紐約，露芙及卡尔‧巴伦珍藏，2016年3月16日，拍品號443
For another larger root amber bottle carved in high relief with figures
amongst prunus tree sprays, see Denis S.K. Low, Chinese Snuff
Bottles from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect III, Asian Civilisations
Museum, Singapore, 2007, p. 316, no. 276.

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