清中期 瑪瑙俏色葫蘆紋鼻煙壺|Snuff bottle with gourd on a trellis
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late 18th–19th century · Chalcedony with jadeite stopper · Asian Art
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.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- late 18th–19th century
- Medium
- Chalcedony with jadeite stopper
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Heber R. Bishop, 1902
