A RARE AND FINELY CARVED RED LACQUER SNUFF BOTTLE

PROBABLY IMPERIAL, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1730-1820

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A RARE AND FINELY CARVED RED LACQUER SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1730-1820
Of flattened ovoid form, finely carved on one side with a scholar at rest in a terraced garden beneath a pine tree as his attendant looks on, the other side carved with a scholar in a pavilion looking out over a lake towards a man in a sampan in the distance playing the flute, the two scenes separated by pine and ornamental rocks on the narrow sides, the conical stopper carved with pendent lappets reserved on a wan diaper ground beneath the gilt-bronze knop
2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Compare three red lacquer bottles carved with similar figural scenes in the Qing Court collection in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 47 - Snuff Bottles, Hong Kong, 2003, pp. 255-8, nos. 392-5.

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