Lot number 101 - Auction 143
EIN GESCHNITZTES SNUFFBOTTLE AUS HARTSTEIN

A HARDSTONE CARVED SNUFF BOTTLE China, 19th century or later Hardstone. H. 7.8 cm. The bottle is carved in low relief on one side, utilizing the russet-brown skin to depict two seated scholars engrossed in a game of weiqi (go) beneath a pine tree by the riverside. With traces of use and age. Provenienz: From a private collection in North Rhine-Westphalia.