Snuff bottle with one side carved using the bright golden-brown "skin" in high relief with two fighting and confronting writhing dragons against the frosty green material. Original stopper similarly carved with a brown "skin" cloud.
Period
1900 - 1936
Size
Height cm. 5.6
Mouth cm. 0.6
Lip cm. 1.2
Stopper
Jadeite
Provenance
Hoddard Sigler, Shanghai, bought on 28 Dicember 1936
Pugh Collection no. 21
Auction Pugh Collection - Sotheby's, New York - 01 April 2005 - Lot no. 401
Exhibited
41st Convention I.C.S.B.S., Dublin, October 2009
Palazzina delle Arti: Museo del Sigillo (Seal Museum), La Spezia - Italy, November 2010 - January 2011
Published
Atomo Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Foti, no. 38, p. 43