ID 718420
Lot 831 | A FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 25 000
1740-1850
The bottle is delicately carved as a cinched sack with a monkey clambering up a peony spray in an attempt to untie the ribbon around the neck, with the ends of the ribbon elegantly trailing down the side.
2 13⁄16 in. (7 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Christie's New York, 27 November 1991, lot 126.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
Literature
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp.154-155, no. 64.
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
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| Category: | Scent bottle |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
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| Category: | Scent bottle |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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