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AN UNUSUAL ARCHAISTIC 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' For a white jade bottle similarly carved with complex intertwined
DECORATED WHITE JADE BOTTLE archaistic dragons and a discussion on archaism, see Michael C.
1760-1820 Hughes, The Chester Beaty Library, Dublin, Chinese Snuff Bottles,
Of rounded rectangular shape, each main face carved in a subtle Baltimore, 2009, pp. 46-47, no. 33.
low-relief with a most unusual panel decoration of a central yin-yang
symbol surrounded by paired beasts above and below, depicting
phoenix-headed winged beasts facing downward below and dragon-
headed beasts rising upwards above, all with snake-like bodies with
wings and legs indicating the separate creatures, the narrow sides
plain, the neck cylindrical with a small mouth and well-hollowed interior,
all supported on an oval foot ring.
2 3/4in (6.9cm) high, stopper
$4,000 - 6,000
1760-1820 開光白玉刻陰陽龍鳳瑞獸圖鼻煙壺一件

Provenance:
Private collection
Christie's New York, 15-16 March 2015, lot 3087
Robert Hall, London

來源：
私人收藏
佳士得，紐約，2015年3月15-16日，拍品號3087
Robert Hall, 倫敦

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