The bottle is carved on each side with an imperial dragon, its body coiled around a ‘flaming pearl’, flanked by two further dragons descending down the shoulders, all on the characteristic wave ground, 7.2cm.
Probably Beijing Palace Workshops.
Categories: Chinese Works of Art | Exhibitions |
An ivory carved snuff bottle, Jiaqing, (1796-1820).
REFERENCE: CSBO 5
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