Estimate

1.000 - 1.500

Session

8 May 2026

Description

China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century

Of rounded and flattened form, well hollowed, carved in high relief on one side exploiting the opaque white skin against the translucent amber-brown ground, depicting a sage figure, possibly Meng Haoran, holding a staff, accompanied by an attendant carrying a prunus branch, beneath a ruyi-shaped cloud

With a plain reverse and oval foot ring

Jadeite green cabochon stopper with a silvered metal collar



玛瑙俏色浮雕人物图鼻烟壶，中国，清代，十九世纪。扁圆形，巧用玛瑙白色俏色雕琢高士持杖（或为孟浩然）与童子持梅枝，上饰如意云纹，背面光素。翡翠盖配银鎏金座。

Height: 6,2 cm

Additional Information

Note: For a bottle of comparable composition, depicting a sage riding a donkey followed by an attendant with a prunus branch, cf. Christie's New York, The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part I, 16 September 2015, lot 274 (USD 11,875)