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Two carved green jade ‘chilong’ snuff bottles
206 19th century
234 | Bonhams One bottle of compressed heart shape carved in
varying levels of relief with a chilong on each side
encircled by scrolling clouds, 4.8cm (2in) high;
the other bottle of slender baluster form, carved
in high relief to depict a chilong in pursuit of a
flaming pearl surrounded by a vapour of ruyi-
shaped clouds, glass stopper, 6.3cm (2½in) high.
(3).
£2,000 - 3,000
HK$24,000 - 35,000 CNY19,000 - 28,000
十九世紀 青玉雕螭龍紋鼻煙壺兩件
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
206 Y
A pale green jade ‘cicada’ snuff bottle
19th century
The even-toned jade boldly carved in the shape
of a resting cicada in various relief with details
including the eyes, the thorax and the abdomen,
tiger’s eye stopper.
5.7cm (2 1/3in) high (2).
£1,500 - 2,000
HK$18,000 - 24,000 CNY14,000 - 19,000
十九世紀 青玉雕蟬形鼻煙壺
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
Snuff bottles were depicted in the form of fruit,
vegetables and animals including insects in the
Imperial production in the mid-Qing period. Please
see lot 192 for the symbolism of the cicada.
Compare a jade cicada-form snuff bottle from
the Mary and George Bloch Collection illustrated
by H.Moss, V.Graham, K.B.Tsang, A Treasury of
Chinese Snuff Bottles, Vol.1, Jade, Hong Kong,
1995, no.58 and sold in our Hong Kong rooms,
27 May 2012, lot 165.