A CARVED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE


Attributed to Chen Guozhi Of flattened pear form carved with a continuous landscape of a scholar walking to the bank of a river, surrounded by tall trees and distant hills, all beneath a pale yellow glaze, the base incised Chen Guozhi zuo. 2 7/8in (7.3cm) high
|傳陳國治 瓷雕山水圖鼻煙壺 Provenance: William A Parker Jr.This bottle's composition is a near mirror image to the pale blue glazed example formerly in the collection of Mary and George Bloch and illustrated in Moss, Graham and Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles vol 6, no 1353 pp. 759-762.