ID 718470
Lot 840 | AN UNUSUAL JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE
Estimate value
$ 7 000 – 9 000
1750-1850
The bottle is of ovoid form and the beige stone is attractively mottled with green and mauve patches.
2 1⁄8 in. (5.4 cm.), pink tourmaline stopper
Provenance
Ko Family Collection.
The Ko Family Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Part IV; Christie's New York, 10 June 1974, lot 107.
Bob C. Stevens Collection.
Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Bob C. Stevens, Part I; Sotheby’s Honolulu, 7 November 1981, lot 118.
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, p. 369, no. 166.
Exhibited
Tokyo, Mikimoto Hall, An Exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles From The Bob C. Stevens Collection, 22-31 October 1978, p. 73, color pl. 192.
| 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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