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A carved pale green jade ‘scholar’ snuff bottle A fine brown-skinned pale jade pebble snuff bottle
18th/19th century 18th/19th century
The softly-polished stone of even tone carved in shallow relief with a In the form of a flattened round aubergine, the well-polished material
sage leaning on a raft formed from a gnarled tree trunk with a ribbon- suffused with rich and soft russet patches, deliberately undecorated,
tied double gourd attached to the end above swirling waves, the reverse leaving the pebble smooth to the touch, particularly to the slightly
with a crane perching on rockwork issuing a clump of lingzhi fungus, concave side, carnelian stopper.
lapis lazuli stopper. 6.6cm (2½in) high (2).
5.1cm (2in) high (2). £2,000 - 3,000
£3,000 - 5,000 HK$24,000 - 35,000 CNY19,000 - 28,000
HK$35,000 - 59,000 CNY28,000 - 47,000 十八/十九世紀 青玉帶皮雕卵石形鼻煙壺
十八/十九世紀 青玉雕文人乘舟圖鼻煙壺 Provenance: A European private collection and thence by descent
Provenance: A European private collection and thence by descent 來源：歐洲私人收藏，並由家族繼承下去
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A fine yellow and russet jade snuff bottle with two boys
201 Y ≈ ‘Master of the Rocks’ school, 18th/19th century
Of rounded rectangular form supported on a neatly finished oval
A very pale green jade snuff bottle footrim, skilfully carved in relief incorporating the russet skin to depict a
18th/19th century boy riding a mythical beast through the scrolling clouds above another
Of flattened spherical form supported on a neatly finished oval foot rim, boy seated beneath a gnarled pine tree issuing from rockwork, the
each main side carved with a raised circular undecorated medallion and reverse plain with even-toned colour.
the narrow sides with plain elongated ovoid panels, the stone of even 6.6cm (2 1/2in) high
pale tone, jadeite stopper. £3,000 - 5,000
5.2cm (2in) high (2). HK$35,000 - 59,000 CNY28,000 - 47,000
£3,000 - 5,000 擬卵石皮浮雕大師流派，十八/十九世紀
HK$35,000 - 59,000 CNY28,000 - 47,000 黃玉帶皮雕童子圖鼻煙壺
十八/十九世紀 青玉雕鼻煙壺 Provenance: A European private collection and thence by descent
Provenance: A European private collection and thence by descent 來源：歐洲私人收藏，並由家族繼承下去
來源：歐洲私人收藏，並由家族繼承下去 Compare a russet-brown and olive-green jade snuff bottle with a related
scene, formerly in the J & J Collection and was sold at Christie’s Hong
Kong, 25 April 2004, lot 871.

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