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AN EMERALD-GREEN CHLOROMELANITE 'SQUIRREL AND For a plain chloromelanite bottle of very similar shape, see Hugh Moss,
VINE' BOTTLE Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles:
1780-1880 The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 1, Hong Kong, 1995, pp.
Of rounded rectangular shape, carved in relief in a continuous scene 462-463, no. 153, where the authors discuss this variety of jadeite
with sparsely leaved vine tendrils with clusters of grapes rising from characterized by a deep emerald-green color, after verging on black,
a rocky ground and with a single bushy-tailed squirrel to each side which is rich in iron.
amidst the branches, with a tall slightly tapering cylindrical neck with
small opening and supported on a wide flat oval foot ring.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) high, stopper
$3,000 - 5,000

1780-1880 寶石綠閃煇石玉刻松鼠葡萄圖鼻煙壺一件
Provenance:
Robert Hall, London

來源：
Robert Hall，倫敦

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