PEBBLE FORM CARVED WITH BIRD, PEONY AND BAMBOO

Bottle ID: 456

PEBBLE FORM CARVED WITH BIRD, PEONY AND BAMBOO

Date: 1750-1860

Height: 60 mm

Jasper, very well hollowed, of irregular pebble form with a concave base, of pale creamy pinkish brown tones, carved on one side with a paradise flycatcher hovering over a peony in full bloom, the reverse with a bamboo shoot.

Similar Examples:

Crane Collection no. 901
Stevens, Bob C. The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, 1976, p. 143, no. 541.
Moss, Hugh, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang. A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles - The Mary and George Bloch Collection, 1998, Vol. 2, Part 2, pp. 348-349, no. 309.

Provenance:

Hugh Moss [HK] Ltd.
Sotheby's, Hong Kong, October 30, 2000, lot 565
The Guo'an Collection, Inventory no. 70
Sydney L. Moss Ltd., February 23, 1966

The material of this bottle was previously thought to be quartzite, but in fact appears to be a rare type of beige jasper. A bottle clearly by the same carver is also in the Crane Collection, no. 901 which is in green and brown jasper of the more standard range. The carving of the peonies on both bottles is very similar, and the overall style with its superbly rounded and well polished detail particularly of the petals, identical.

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