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AN INSCRIBED AGATE ‘IMMORTAL AND The inscription reads xiang ning wuse yun, which can be
MONKEYS’ SNUFF BOTTLE translated as ‘auspicious multi-coloured cloud scrolls’.
SUZHOU, SCHOOL OF ZHITING, QING There is a broad range of Suzhou agate bottles, but one
DYNASTY, 18TH – 19TH CENTURY of the distinguishing characteristics of the Zhiting School
6 cm, 2⅜ in. bottles is the serrated style of rocks, which is clearly visible
in the present lot. Zhiting is the name of a Suzhou artist,
PROVENANCE who signed his name to works at some time during the early
Y.F. Yang, Hong Kong, 2nd June 1971 (HK$13,200). - to mid-eighteenth century. The school worked in jade,
agate and crystal. For an in-depth discussion on the Zhiting
HK$ 30,000-50,000 school and bottles similar to this present lot, please see
US$ 3,850-6,400 Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles,
vol. 2, nos. 366-379. For a group of related bottles, from
清十八至十九世紀 the same School see Denis S. K. Low, More Treasures from
the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect, Singapore: 2002, nos.
蘇州製瑪瑙巧雕靈猴圖鼻煙壺 229 - 234.
See also two Suzhou agate snuff bottle of similar quality
來源：
同豐行，香港，1971年6月2日（HK$13,200） sold at auction - one carved with a scholar, sold in our Paris
rooms, 18th December 2012, lot 18, and another carved
with an Immortal and animals, sold in these rooms, 8th April
2010, lot 2090.

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