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           A RUSSET-STAINED JADE ‘CHILONG’ SNUFF BOTTLE      A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE ‘DRAGON AND LUOHAN’
           1750-1850                                         SNUFF BOTTLE
           Of rounded rectangular form with a short tubular neck and flat lip, each  Master of the Rocks School, 1780-1850
           face carved in low relief with a oval bi disc encircled by two chilong,   Of rounded square shape surmounted by a short tubular neck with a
           each short side carved with an archaistic scrolling dragon, the foot   flat lip, the yellowish-green stone with cloudy inclusions and patches of
           carved in relief with an apocryphal Eastern Han dynasty Jian’an mark   russet skin, finely carved with a dragon amid clouds hovering above a
           enclosed within the oval foot ring, the surfaces stained to resemble   seated luohan holding a bowl, the short oval foot ring enclosing a row
           excavated jade.                                   of rolling waves above rocks.
           2 1/2in (6.3cm) high                              2 3/4in (6.7cm) high
           $3,000 - 5,000                                    $5,000 - 7,000

           1750-1850年 青玉加彩雕螭龍紋鼻煙壺                            1780-1850年 留皮玉雕派 青黃玉留皮巧雕降龍羅漢圖鼻煙壺

           Provenance                                        Provenance
           Hartman Rare Art, New York, 1975                  Acquired in Washington, D.C., 1972
















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