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A SUPERB WHITE JADE 'MELON AND BUTTERFLY' BOTTLE See Christopher C.H. Sin and Humphrey K.F. Hui, An Imperial Qing
1820-1900 Tradition, Hong Kong 1994, p. 64, no. 64, for another white nephrite
Of naturalistic elongated shape, a leafy branch rising from one side jade naturalistic 'melon and butterfly' bottle that belongs to a group of
and encircling the top of the fruit with raised and pierced branches white jade bottles following the basic outline of the original pebble from
and leaves, a butterfly carved in low relief to the lower half of one which it was carved. The rebus formed from the subject can be read
side, the top with regular small circular mouth opening and extremely as guadie mianmian, (may you have ceaseless generations).
well hollowed interior, supported on a shallow deep convex dimple
centered by a small low boss. See Chang Lin-sheng (Ed.), Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the
2 1/8in (5.2cm) high, stopper National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1991, pp. 156-159, nos. 136-147 for
further examples.
$4,000 - 6,000

1820-1900 白玉「瓜瓞綿綿」鼻煙壺一件
Provenance:
The Joanna Lau Sullivan Trust
Bonhams New York, 14th March 2016, lot 6090
來源：
Joanna Lau Sullivan信托
邦瀚斯，紐約，2016年3月14日，拍品號6090

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