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PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN COLLECTION
A CARVED HORN BOTTLE
1850-1920
Details
A CARVED HORN BOTTLE
1850-1920
Of high-shouldered tapering form with recessed oval foot, slightly waisted neck and lipped rim, well carved with a continuous fenced garden scene with pine and plantain trees, a small pavilion and a female figure playing a wind instrument beneath a phoenix in flight, the orginial stopper carved with sinuous chilong encircling the knop, the material of honey tone, the stopper with some dark brown mottling
2¼in. (5.6cm.) high
1850-1920
Of high-shouldered tapering form with recessed oval foot, slightly waisted neck and lipped rim, well carved with a continuous fenced garden scene with pine and plantain trees, a small pavilion and a female figure playing a wind instrument beneath a phoenix in flight, the orginial stopper carved with sinuous chilong encircling the knop, the material of honey tone, the stopper with some dark brown mottling
2¼in. (5.6cm.) high
Provenance
Edward T. Chow Collection.