A silhouette agate 'scholar' snuff bottleOfficial School, 18th/19th century
Well-hollowed, of rounded square form supported a flared oval foot, superbly worked utilising the natural dark brown colour of the stone to depict a scholar playing a zither while his attendant rowing a boat, the stone of a pale mushroom tone, stopper. 7.1cm (2 3/4in) high (2).注脚十八/十九世紀 瑪瑙巧雕泛舟圖鼻煙壺

Provenance:
Christie's Hong Kong, 27 October 2003, lot 818
The Angela Chua Collection

來源：
香港佳士得，2003年10月27日，拍品編號818
蔡劉木蘭收藏

See a chalcedony snuff bottle decorated with a figure on a boat, Official School, 1750-1850, illustrated by D.S.K.Low, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect III, Singapore, 2007, no.238.

可參考一件劉修敬收藏之清中期玉髓雕泛舟圖鼻煙壺，見《Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect III》，新加坡，2007年，編號238。