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A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE ‘AUSPICIOUS’
SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1850
Of flattened ovoid form, the shoulders carved with lion
mask and mock ring handles, gently rising to the short
tubular neck with a flat lip, the russet skin on one side
carved in relief with two seal script characters reading ji
xiang confined within an oval with a double fillet border, the
other side similarly carved but with the characters reading
ru yi, all support on a neatly carved short oval foot, the
stone of a greenish-yellow color.
2 5/8in (6.8cm) high
$10,000 - 15,000
1750-1850年 青黃玉留皮巧雕「吉祥如意」紋鼻煙壺

Provenance
Frank Caro, New York

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