• Dimension: Height: 2 5/8 in (6.7 cm)
• Estimate From: $2500
• Estimate To: $4500

Of flattened, rounded square form, supported on an oval foot, the bottle delicately embellished with scene of a body feeding a parrot in a garden against the white jade ground with russet skin, the reverse with a riverside landscape with flying bird and auspicious clouds, all inlaid in gilt, lacquer, bones, mother-of-pearl, and hardstones. Qing Dynasty period.

煙壺近於方形，一面帶皮，其上以百寶嵌成庭院嬰戲圖案。百寶嵌以金銀、寶石、珍珠、珊瑚、碧玉、翡翠、水晶、瑪瑙、玳瑁、青金、綠松石、螺鈿、像牙、蜜蠟、沉香等多種珍貴材料雕成各式花紋，在漆器上鑲嵌出色彩紛繁的畫面，因其為明代藝人周翥所創，故名“周制”，明清時流行。此種工藝傳至琉球，故多見琉球百寶嵌煙壺，然此煙壺的鑲嵌風格卻顯示這是中國百寶嵌。