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A finely carved duanstone snuff bottle
1750-1800
Very well-hollowed, its gently tapering body rising to a sensitively waisted neck, thin lip, flat
oval foot, cleverly and skillfully utilizing the pale green and beige layers in the dark brown stone,
carved in relief within rounded rectangular panels, one side depicting a figure holding a hoe
and a basket over his shoulder, walking near overhanging rocks issuing pines, the reverse
featuring a similar landscape with an auspicious crane and a recumbent deer.
2 3/8in (5.6cm)
$4,000 - 6,000
Provenance
Robert Kleiner, Seattle Convention, October 1998
The White Wings collection
Arthur Gadsby
Literature
Chinese Snuff Bottles, The White Wings Collection, Robert Kleiner, 1991, p. 193, no. 133.
The Collector’s Book of Snuff Bottles, Bob C. Stevens, John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1976,
p. 171, no. 647.
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