The bottle is deeply carved to depict, on one side, an attendant bearing a tray to two figures on the terrace of a pavilion and on the other, a boy holding a box out to a seated figure, with a donkey tethered nearby; it has a matching stopper, 6.5cm.
Categories: Chinese Works of Art | Exhibitions | The Burghley Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles |
A cinnabar lacquer snuff bottle, Qianlong, (1736-1795).
REFERENCE: CSBO 31
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