A RARE AND WELL-CARVED PALE GREY AND RUSSET JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE

Lot 815
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Lot 815 | A RARE AND WELL-CARVED PALE GREY AND RUSSET JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE
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$ 10 000 – 15 000
A RARE AND WELL-CARVED PALE GREY AND RUSSET JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE

1800-1900

Of compressed rounded form, the bottle is carved overall, including the top of the mouth and the base, in low relief with a cloud pattern, featuring bats on the sides and lingzhi sprays on the top of the mouth and base.

2 1⁄16 in. (5.2 cm.) high, malachite stopper







Provenance

Bob C. Stevens Collection, no. 376.

The Bob C. Stevens Collection of Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles, Part II; Sotheby’s New York, 26 March 1982, lot 161.

Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.





Literature

B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, no. 376.

R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 114-115, no. 44.
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