Black lacquer finely inlaid with iridescent shell and lacquer, the bottle of flattened shield form with a cylindrical and recessed foot, decorated on one side with magpies and a flowering peach tree within a panel, the reverse with a magpie perched on a branch of plum tree within a panel, the background with stylized floral and geometric patterns; matching stopper en suite. ...click for details

Baitong is an alloy composed of zinc and tin. For a similar example, see Marcos C. O. Tang, The Dr. Marcos C. O. Tang Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles (Taipei: ...click for details

Three goats are often depicted in Chinese art to symbolize &quo ...click for details

Provenance 起源: Linda F. Crawley ...click for details

Clear cherry amber, of ovoid form with a broad cylindrical neck and recessed foot, carved in relief with a woman carrying a branch of lingzhi and a child kneeling, holding a vase with large lotus leaves, the reverse decorated with the same exact scene, except the woman holds a fan, and lotus pods appear among the lotus leaves carried by the child, a mock-mask ring-handle carved on each shoulder. ...click for details

Provenance 起源: Linda F. Crawley ...click for details

Hard jet is a form of lignite and a geological organic material composed of fossilized wood from millions of years ago, resulting from high c ...click for details

Red cinnabar lacquer, of shield form with a flaring neck lined with a gilt rim, the flat gilt base engraved with a Qianlong nian zhi (made during Qianlong period) four-character mark, each side similarly decorated and deeply carved with two fierce five-claw dragons. ...click for details

The peony is cons ...click for details

The lotus pattern is often found on glass bottles, but it is most unusual to find it linked with coral or stone bottles. ...click for details