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AN INSCRIBED CHALCEDONY AGATE 'MONKEYS AND BIRDS' SNUFF BOTTLE Suzhou, 1770-1850 image 1
AN INSCRIBED CHALCEDONY AGATE 'MONKEYS AND BIRDS' SNUFF BOTTLE Suzhou, 1770-1850 image 2
PROPERTY FROM THE FRANCINE AND BERNARD WALD COLLECTION OF FINE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES
Lot 212

AN INSCRIBED CHALCEDONY AGATE 'MONKEYS AND BIRDS' SNUFF BOTTLE
Suzhou, 1770-1850

17 March 2025, 09:00 EDT
New York

US$4,000 - US$7,000

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AN INSCRIBED CHALCEDONY AGATE 'MONKEYS AND BIRDS' SNUFF BOTTLE

Suzhou, 1770-1850
Of flattened shield shape and carved in relief in a continuous scene around the body with cleverly utilizing the darker areas of the stone to depict two crouching monkeys encircled by serrated rockwork and both clutching a single leafy branch between them and below an engraved three-character inscription, cai zhi tu carved on a rockface above, the reverse side with two small swooping birds, further serrated rockwork, a budding prunus branch and an engraved four-character inscription, niao yu hua xiang, all below a wispy cloud collar that encircles the shoulder below a waisted cylindrical neck with slightly concave lip and regular mouth, supported on a short foot with flat oval base.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) high, stopper

Footnotes

1770-1850 蘇作瑪瑙巧雕靈猴揌芝及鳥語花香圖鼻煙壺一件

Provenance:
Bernard Schwartz Collection, New York
Robert Hall, London, February 2002

來源:
Bernard Schwartz珍藏,紐約
Robert Hall,倫敦,2002年2月

The three-character inscription, cai zhi tu can be read as 採芝圖
The four-character inscription, niao yu hua xiang can be read as 鳥語花香

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