Lot 359. A large mother-of-pearl-inset wood snuff bottle, The Yaji Master, Japan, 1860-1920. Estimate USD  6,000 - USD 8,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

The wood bottle is inset on each side with a mother-of-pearl panel finely carved with figures in pavilions in a mountainous retreat, and the narrow sides are carved with butterflies and blue vapor interrupted by ring handles on the shoulders. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.) high, original wood cover with mother-of-pearl shou medallion

Provenance: Jin Hing & Co., Los Angeles, California.
Linda Riddell Hoffman Collection; Bonham's New York, 22 March 2011, lot 148.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5187.

Note: A bottle, also by the Yaji Master, with inset shell panels carved with similar landscapes and buildings, but of only white color, is illustrated in Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, the Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 7, Part 2, Hong Kong, 2009, pp. 604-606.

Christie's. The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part IV, 15 March 2017, New York, Rockefeller Center