1770-1880
The well-hollowed bottle is of rounded rectangular form. The clear beige stone is carved on one face using the dark brown and beige inclusions, with a landscape showing a camel and a bushy-tailed beast below a monkey and a wasp. The narrow sides are finely carved with lion mask handles suspending ring handles. The slightly waisted neck is carved with a band of leaves. The other main side is plain showing the cloud-like markings in the stone, chalcedony stopper and gilt-metal collar, gilt-silver spoon
7 cm high
The popular subject of a monkey (hou) with a bee or wasp (feng) provides the rebus fenghou ('to be bestowed the rank of marquis '), here used as a generic term for high office in general.
Hugh Moss describes the 'camel and dog' as a recurring theme on snuff bottles, see Hugh Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles of the Silica or Quartz Group, London, 1971, Nos 110 and 118
1770至1880 瑪瑙巧雕動物圖鼻煙壺
時代：1770至1880年
特徵：壺呈長橢圓形，淺米色的瑪瑙，一面利用天然巧色淺浮雕猴子、黃蜂、駱駝與長尾獸。另一面光素，突顯瑪瑙天然如雲的紋理。兩側浮雕獅首銜環耳，工藝精緻。頸飾葉紋一周。帶玉髓蓋，鎏金金屬口與鎏銀匙。
尺寸：高7公分。
