A CHALCEDONY SHADOW AGATE 'SAGE AND SAMPAN' SNUFF BOTTLE 18th/19th century Of rounded rectangular shape, raised on a short, recessed foot ring and below a cylindrical neck with flat rim, the dark inclusions in the honey-coloured stone brilliantly carved in low relief to depict a sage and his attendant aboard a sampan sailing among large rocks in a riverscape, mountain ranges suggested in the distance, stopper. 6.2cm (2 1/2in) high. (2). Footnotes: The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). Ref.H7PWQ5W8 該批次中含有象牙的物品已根據《象牙法案》（章節10）註冊Ref.H7PWQ5W8 十八/十九世紀 瑪瑙巧雕浮槎人物圖鼻煙壺 Provenance: Hugh Moss Ltd., London Trudy and John Cohen, collection no.B33, acquired from the above circa 1974 來源：倫敦古董商Hugh Moss Ltd. Trudy及John Cohen伉儷，藏品編號B33，約1974年從上處獲得 The image of the solitary figure drifting in a sampan boat, at times a fisherman and at times a scholar-official, sits in a long-standing artistic tradition depicting withdrawal from worldly affairs. The subject, set amid vast mountains devoid of human presence, symbolised detachment, spiritual communion with nature, and moral integrity, values at the core of Daoist and Literati philosophies. Such imagery famously appears in ink landscape painting, such as in the works of Wu Zhen (1280-1354), who depicted fishermen in riverscapes as an expression of his desire to escape the political upheavals surrounding the fall of the Yuan dynasty and to instead focus on a spiritual world reflected in natural landscapes. See for example, a painting of a fisherman on a sampan, c.1350, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc.no.1989.363.33). Compare with a related 'fisherman' agate snuff bottle, 18th/19th century, illustrated by B.Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, no.538, which was later sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3 December 2015, lot 634. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y Ф Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13. Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing