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« on: July 26, 2016, 07:32:24 pm »

Hi Joey :

Picture and description as in webpage of The Meriem Collection, lot 234.




Lot Description

**A RARE AND UNUSUAL CARVED IVORY SNUFF BOTTLE
JAPAN, 1854-1920
Of sectional construction, with wide mouth, convex lip and recessed flat foot surrounded by a footrim, the body carved and painted with a continuous scene of fishermen in a landscape, with two figures in a houseboat, with laundry hanging on a long pole, another fisherman in a boat nearby, pulling at his net while a seated male figure plays a flute, three fishermen standing in the shallow water close to shore, bringing in their catch in baskets, a fourth boat moored close to the island, where three figures are seated, drinking and in conversation, a fourth figure nearby holding a fish on a spike, all between a modified leiwen border encircling the base and formalized chrysanthemum petals encircling the shoulder, the details colored in red and green lacquer, matching stopper with chrysanthemum petals
2 49/64 in. (7.0 cm.) high


Provenance

Hugh M. Moss Collection.
Literature

Hong Kong Museum of Art, Snuff Bottles of the Ch'ing Dynasty, 1978, p. 93, no. 140.
Exhibited

Hong Kong Museum of Art, "Snuff Bottles of the Ch'ing Dynasty", 20 October-3 December 1978.
Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver, 1992.


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