A carved ivory snuff bottle

Beijing Palace Workshops, Qianlong to Jiaqing period, 乾隆-嘉庆 1750 – 1800
Height: 8.8 cm. including stopper

Stained ivory, of egg form with a short cylindrical neck and tall recessed foot both carved with a band of lappets, the body deeply and finely carved with women and children in pavilions, birds, a cricket, a frog, bamboo, banana leaves and rockwork, the background with overlapping scrolling waves; matching stopper en suite.

This bottle belongs to a group of ivory bottles similar in style and in carving produced in the Beijing Palace Workshops, some bearing Qianlong marks and other Jiaqing marks on the base. According to Robert Kleiner, it is likely that the bottles "were made by the same two or three artists between approximately 1790–1800." See Robert Kleiner, Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect: Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Denis Low (Singapore: 1999), cat. no. 214.

Provenance 起源: Linda F. Crawley

Published 发布: Asiantiques, A Fascination for Miniatures: The Linda F. Crawley Collection of Chinese Snuff (2008), cat. no. 100

Ref. 817806

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