清十八 / 十九世紀 玉髓巧作「龍虎圖」鼻煙壺

of compressed globular form supported on a flattened oval foot, intricately carved in low relief utilising the natural dark-brown colour of the skin to enhance the design of a dragon in clouds above rocks and waves, its tail extending to the other side where a tiger is depicted running away, the stone of a pale beige colour

可見一相類作例，雕鯉魚出水圖，見Hugh Moss、Victor Graham 及曾嘉寶，《A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection》，卷2，香港，1998年，編號315。此例屬同治款，以其作準，同門之品均可正鑑。