The flattened shield form body coated with layer of red lacquer, richly decorated in carnelian, mother-of-pearl, soapstone, pearl, gold, and lacquer with a graceful lady chanting poems in front of massive painted screen, set in a fenced garden terrace on one side, the reverse with numerous even-sized pearls forming a stylized shou character, each of the narrow shoulders with a panel of prunus blossoms, the base inscribed in red lacquer with four character Qianlong mark. Qing Dynasty period. 清 銅胎嵌百寶亭台仕女壽字紋鼻煙壺 來源: 紐約蘇富比 1997年10月 Lot 243