The bottle is of slender spade shape, intricately decorated on each side with panels enclosing phoenix and kylin, using pieces of mother-of-pearl of differing colour, reserved on a stippled ground decorated with a stylised foliate scroll. It has a matching stopper, 6.2cm.
Categories: Chinese Snuff Bottles at Burghley | Chinese Works of Art | Exhibitions |
A lacque burgauté snuff bottle, Japanese, 1840-1880.
REFERENCE: CSBO46
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