Happy Gentleman

1740-1850
Height: 6.95 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.54/1.32 (at widest point, irregular)
Stopper: jadeite; gilt-silver collar

Provenance:
John Sinclair Collection
Clare Chu, June 2011

 

Transparent brown amber with some flaws; of pebble form with a flat lip and concave, irregular foot; carved with a scene of orchids growing from a rocky outcrop with a lingzhi at its peak, a bat flying downwards.