Cinnabar lacquer snuff bottle, carved with a warrior and horse under a pine tree, a beautiful girl with hand raised to her eyes; the reverse with two ladies; the background of formalized cloud patterns.

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Warrior & Geisha Girl Snuff Bottle

 

A carved cinnabar lacquer snuff bottle with a Quartz stopper.

B80

Cinnabar lacquer, carved with a warrior and horse standing under a gnarled pine tree, a beautiful girl with hand raised to her eyes; the reverse with two ladies; the background carved with lozenge and formalized cloud patterns.

Chinese, 19th Century
Stopper: Quartz
Provenance: George A. Cohen
Height: 6.2cm

Lacquer comes from the sap of the lacquer tree, which is grown throughout southern China. In this case the lacquer has been coloured using cinnabar (a mercury derivative) and painted in over 150 layers and subsequently carved.

 

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