Chinese Perfume Bottle Depicting Man Playing Drum
Product ID: A0401-121
$895.00
About this piece
He is hugging a drum bigger than he is, and he has no regrets.
Chinese carvers of Hebei Province made this perfume bottle in rock crystal in the 19th century. Small crystal bottles and snuff bottles were often carried or displayed as personal luxuries. Clear, faintly smoky crystal is carved into a seated boy with a round, smiling face, resting beside a large drum. Two small knobs sit on the drum’s upper edge. The surface shows a few small inclusions, and a faint amber stain on the drum face.
About 2 by 3 inches. A small, quiet drummer who plays only on the light.
