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A CARVED AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1850
The well-hollowed and even-colored amber bottle is carved on one side with Wang Xizhi
being handed a goose by an attendant, and the reverse is carved with Huai Su, the Buddhist
monk and calligrapher, inscribing a banana leaf as his attendant stands behind him.
2√ in. (7.3 cm.) high, glass stopper
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE
Mrs. C. G. Blaxter.
Sotheby’s, London, 6 March 1979, lot 132.
The Guo’an Collection, no. 289.
Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, 30 October 2000, lot 651.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2001.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3155.
EXHIBITED
Stockholm, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Kinesiskt blomstersprok.
Boston, International Chinese Snuf Bottle Society Convention,
The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
LITERATURE
Ann Kreuger, ‘Kinesiska snusfaskor. Samlarfavoriter i miniatyr,’ Antik & Auktion,
October 1989, p. 63.
The unique subject of the bottle depicts Wang Xizhi (AD 321-379) and Huai Su
(7th century), two of China’s premier calligraphers.
1760-1850年 琥珀雕「草書歌行」圖鼻煙壺
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