A CHINESE AGATE SUZHOU-TYPE SNUFF BOTTLE

£2,000 - £3,000 £4,000

A CHINESE AGATE SUZHOU-TYPE SNUFF BOTTLE
1770-1860

Attributed to the Cameo Ink-play master, carved with Huang Chengyan riding a donkey followed by a boy attendant carrying a spray of prunus, the reverse with a prunus branch, 6.5cm.

Provenance: an English private collection, purchased from Robert Kleiner & Co. Ltd., 25th November 2002, a copy of the invoice is available.

The work of the Cameo Ink-play master is analysed and discussed in detail by Moss, Graham and Ka Bo Tsang in vol.2, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, nos.319-325.