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A CARVED CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
POSSIBLY THE STEVENS DEER MASTER, OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1750- 1750-1850年 瑪瑙巧雕蓮塘圖鼻煙壺
1850
來源:
The bottle is carved on one side using the whitish and beige inclusions 何瑞秋珍藏, 紐約
with a flowering prunus tree and a lotus plant flanking a duck swimming
出版:
in waves towards the base. The reverse is carved above the base with a cat
何瑞秋, 《Rivers and Mountains Far from the World - The Rachelle R.
crouching on a rock as it stalks a butterfly that appears on the shoulder Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary》, 紐約, 1994年, 頁94-95,
above. 編號34
2 in. (5.1 cm.) high, jadeite stopper
$5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE:
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. 94-95,
no. 34.

The imagery of cats and butterflies on this bottle can be interpreted
as the birthday wish: "May you live into your seventies and eighties."
See, T. Bartholomew in Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art, San Francisco,
2006, p. 173.

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