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A 'PROWLING TIGER' SOAPSTONE SNUFF BOTTLE 1750-1850
A 'PROWLING TIGER' SOAPSTONE SNUFF BOTTLE 1750-1850
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A 'PROWLING TIGER' SOAPSTONE SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1850
Of flattened, rounded form with a cylindrical neck and a neatly carved oval footrim, the ochre stone carved in relief on one main side with a tiger jumping from a rock, one narrow side with a pine tree issuing from rockwork with one branch hanging on the reverse side; stopper.
2 1/2in (6.2cm) high
Footnotes:
1750-1850 壽山石刻虎鼻煙壺一件

Provenance:
The Stone Picking Studio (Cai Shi Xuan)
Sotheby's London, June 21, 1995, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of The Stone Picking Studio (Cai Shi Xuan), lot 104
Joan and Ted Dorf Collection, no. 238

The subject matter on this bottle works very well with the material; on the front a striped tiger is shown climbing stealthily over a rock whilst on the other side the carver uses the markings in the material to equal effect to extend the decoration of a gnarled pine tree from the narrow side across the reverse.
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A 'PROWLING TIGER' SOAPSTONE SNUFF BOTTLE 1750-1850

Estimate $3,000 - $5,000
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