Mountain Pavilion

The Elaborate Vase Master, 1870-1940
Height: 6.6 cm.
Mouth/lip: .72/1.78 cm.
Stopper: ruby; gilt-silver collar

Provenance:
The Riddell Collection
Bonham’s, New York, 22 March 2011
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd

 

Emerald or green tourmaline; with a flat lip and flat, irregular foot; carved in the round, with an old man with a walking staff crossing a bridge over a mountain torrent, with a waterfall beyond, in a landscape with a pavilion, pine tree, jagged rocky outcrops and cloud.

Alexander Whittaker