Lot 109
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A Carved Rectangular Crystal 'Waves' Snuff Bottle Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 HKD
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Description

  • crystal; stopper: tourmaline
of rectangular form, carved in varying levels of relief around the exterior with a continuous design of crashing waves

Catalogue Note

For another crystal bottle of similar high quality, carved with a related design of crashing waves, but with the addition of a poem within a panel, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 2, Hong Kong, 1998, no. 256, where the authors attribute the bottle to the enigmatic Rustic Crystal Master.