Bamboo Yixing

1770-1800
Height: 4.83 cm
Mouth/lip: .65/1.45 cm
Stopper: glass; gilt-bronze collar

Provenance:
The Riddell Collection
Bonham’s, New York, 22 March 2011, lot 4

 

A slip-decorated Yixing stoneware snuff bottle with flat lip and recessed square foot, of rectangular section with slightly bulbous sides, decorated on the two main faces with bamboo and prunus blossoms, and on the two narrow faces seal script reading Chuoyue lingqiu, 'Charming and Graceful; Pure Autumn', stopper.

Alexander Whittaker