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AN UNUSUAL PEAR-SHAPED WHITE JADE 'HORSES' BOTTLE Interestingly the depiction of a horse tethered to a post was an
1750-1820 extremely popular one on agate bottles but far more rare on jade bottles.
Of tall, flattened pear shape, carved with a recessed oval panel to each For other agate examples, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo
main face, one side with a horse tethered to a post and the other side Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch
with a horse nuzzling its back, the steep sloping shoulders unusually Collection, Vol. 2, Part 2, Hong Kong, 1998, pp. 328-335, nos. 302-
carved with horned rams-head fixed-ring handles in relief below a 304. The subject of a horse tied to a post, suggests unrealized potential,
tapering cylindrical neck with very slightly everted rim and a flat top and wishes speedy success for an untested talent.
with a regular mouth opening, the interior fairly well hollowed and all
supported on a flat oval foot ring with a flat base.
2 5/8in (6.7cm) high, stopper

$4,000 - 6,000
1750-1820 白玉刻駿馬圖鼻煙壺一件
Provenance:
Private Collection, Connecticut
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles
來源：
私人收藏，康涅狄格州
亞洲藝術工作室，洛杉磯

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