Lot 6 清晚期 瑪瑙巧雕駿馬圖鼻煙壺 | A Chinese Carved Agate "Tethered Horse" Snuff Bottle, Late Qing Dynasty

清晚期 瑪瑙巧雕駿馬圖鼻煙壺 | A Chinese Carved Agate "Tethered Horse" Snuff Bottle, Late Qing Dynasty

Late Qing Dynasty

未知

$1,000 - $1,500

Height without stopper: 2 1/4 in., 5.8 cm

Overall very good condition with minor wear.

Of rounded-rectangular form, with a cylindrical neck, concave lip, and protruding oval footrim, carved on the front side with a dappled prancing horse tethered to a post, the reverse undecorated; of a rich mottled russet and grey-brown
Note:
The image of a tethered horse may represent a young official, still “undiscovered” but full of promise.
Provenance:
Sotheby’s New York, November 22nd, 1988, lot 71
Dr. Thomas A. Klein, MD., acquired from the above
來源：
紐約蘇富比1988年11月22日專場第71號拍品。
Thomas Klein醫生遺產，拍賣所得歸Jefferson醫院。
以下内容由AI翻译：
【名称】
清晚期 瑪瑙巧雕駿馬圖鼻煙壺
【年代】
清晚期
【描述】
呈圆矩形，颈部为圆柱形，口沿内凹，底部有一圈凸起的椭圆形足圈。正面雕刻一匹斑点跳跃的马拴在一根柱子上，背面无装饰；颜色为丰富的斑驳红褐色和灰褐色。
注：
拴马的形象可能代表一位年轻官员，虽然尚未被发现但充满希望。
【品相】
整体状况非常好，有轻微磨损。