Snuff bottle with gourd on a trellis
The ingenious use of different colors or flaws in the stone is a technique known as "smart colors," which can produce unexpected spectacles in the hands of experienced carving masters. Here the artist creates the image of a gourd hanging from a trellis by simply polishing the surface of the stone and leaving the dark spot and veins untouched.
Artwork Details
- 清中期 瑪瑙俏色葫蘆紋鼻煙壺
- Title: Snuff bottle with gourd on a trellis
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Date: late 18th–19th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Chalcedony with jadeite stopper
- Dimensions: H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); D. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
- Classification: Snuff Bottles
- Credit Line: Gift of Heber R. Bishop, 1902
- Object Number: 02.18.969a, b
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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