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                                                             A JADEITE ‘FIVE BLESSINGS’ SNUFF BOTTLE
                                                             1800-1850
                                                             Of flattened ovoid form with a tubular neck and flat foot, carved with
                                                             an overall design of five bats, representing the ‘Five Blessings’, amid
                                                             clouds, the lustrous stone with white, russet, apple- and emerald-
                                                             green mottling.
                                                             2 1/8in (5.5cm) high

                                                             $1,500 - 2,500
                                                             1800-1850 年 翠玉雕五福紋鼻煙壺

                                                             Provenance
                                                             Robert Hall, New York, 1982


















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                                                             A SPINACH JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
                                                             1750-1850
                                                             Of flattened ovoid form surmounted by a tubular neck with a slightly
                                                             concave lip, all supported on a concave foot, the gray-green stone
                                                             with characteristic black inclusions and bright green streaks.
                                                             2 3/4in (6.7cm) high
                                                             $1,500 - 2,500
                                                             1750-1850年 碧玉鼻煙壺

                                                             Provenance
                                                             The Fernhill Park Collection
                                                             Sotheby’s, New York, 22 and 23 March 1999, lot 170

                                                             Illustrated
                                                             Chinese Porcelain Company, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Fernhill
                                                             Park Collection, New York, 1991, no. 80.
















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