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A SMALL CARVED CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
SUZHOU SCHOOL, 1750-1820 1750-1820年 蘇作瑪瑙巧雕「龍馬負圖」鼻煙壺
Of a flattened pear shape, the bottle is carved on one side with a horse
來源:
standing amidst swirling clouds, beneath a four-chraacter inscrption 紐約蘇富比, 1991年11月26日, 拍品編號215
reading longma futu (the dragon-horse carries the eight trigrams on his 何瑞秋珍藏, 紐約
back), with a yin yang symbol resting on a column of vapor rising from
出版:
behind the horse. The reverse is carved with a crane in flight, with vapor 何瑞秋, 《Rivers and Mountains Far from the World - The Rachelle R.
rising from waves towards a pavilion in the clouds. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary》, 紐約, 1994年, 頁150-151, 編
21 in. (5.2 cm.) high, pink tourmaline stopper 號62
$10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's New York, 26 November 1991, lot 215.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
LITERATURE:
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R.
Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 150-151,
no. 62.

For a Suzhou agate bottle carved with similar imagery, see The Blanche
B. Exstein Collection of FIne Chinese Snuff Bottles, Christie's New York,
21 March 2002, lot 188.

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