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A BLACK AND WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE A GREEN OVERLAY YELLOW GLASS ‘KATYDID’ SNUFF
1750-1850 BOTTLE
Of upright rectangular form, with a flat lip and a concave oval Probably Imperial, Palace Workshops, Beijing, 1740-1800
depression at the foot, with white cloud-like inclusions within the grey Of compressed globular form with a waisted neck, carefully recessed
black matrix. lip, slightly splayed oval foot ring, expertly carved through the
2 1/8 (5.2cm) high transparent green overlay applied to the lemon-yellow ground with a
katydid inching along the branches of a Buddhist hand citron tree, the
US$4,000 - 6,000 reverse decorated with lingzhi plants springing from rocks.
2 1/4in (5.8cm) high
Provenance
Sotheby’s, London, 13 June 1987, lot 131 US$3,000 - 4,000
Eric Young
Provenance
1750-1850 素面墨白玉鼻煙壺 Robert Hall, 13 November 1985

Refer to a similar shaped glass bottle, also with the green overlay on
a yellow ground featuring a katydid, unmarked but in the Qing court
collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
Palace Museum, Vol 47 Snuff Bottles no 63 p. 44.

1740-1800 擬御製 宮廷作坊 北京工 黃地套綠料刻蟈蟈鼻煙壺

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