清末 涅白料「放馬圖」鼻煙壺

Hugh M. Moss Ltd.，1977年
Gerd Lester，1986年

Hugh Moss、Victor Graham 及曾嘉寶，《A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection》，卷5，香港，2002年，編號860

One burst air bubble in the lip. Workshop condition.Note: Stopper is made of glass, and not the one illustrated in Treasury 5.
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This bottle suggests that it was carved in Suzhou. The name of the late-Ming jade carver Lu Zigang 陸子剛 name has been carved in relief on this bottle’s protruding flat foot, and the bottle represents a pastiche of the style of Lu Zigang as transmitted through Suzhou emulations from the early Qing period, which were numerous and generally included his signature as a sort of hallmark.

blanks—there is no possibility that he would have been able to find so many old bottles that were so alike—and the same artisan may have made this bottle.