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                 278                      A FINE WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
188 | BONHAMS                             19th century
                                          Of compressed globular form, finely hollowed to the interior, resting on
                                          a small flat base, below a slightly tapered neck, the polished stone of
                                          an even white tone.
                                          5.2cm (2 2/8in) high
                                          £5,000 - 8,000
                                          CNY43,000 - 69,000
                                          十九世紀 白玉光素鼻煙壺
                                          Provenance: Gerd Lester collection
                                          Pauline Lester collection
                                          Sotheby’s New York, 17 March 1997, lot 257
                                          An Asian private collection of snuff bottles
                                          來源:
                                          Gerd Lester先生舊藏
                                          Pauline Lester夫人舊藏
                                          1997年3月17日於紐約蘇富比拍賣,拍品257號
                                          亞洲私人藏鼻煙壺珍品
                                          Compare with a pale greenish white jade snuff bottle, 1750-1860,
                                          which was sold at Christie’s New York, 22-23 March 2012, lot 1599.

                                   278 *

                                          A FINE WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
                                          19th century
                                          Of rounded rectangular form, supported on an oval, recessed foot ring,
                                          the smoothly polished white stone of an even tone, jadeite stopper.
                                          6cm (2 3/8in) high
                                          £4,000 - 6,000
                                          CNY35,000 - 52,000
                                          十九世紀 白玉光素鼻煙壺
                                          Provenance: an Asian private collection of snuff bottles
                                          來源:亞洲私人藏鼻煙壺珍品
                                          Compare with a related white jade bottle, illustrated by R.Kleiner in
                                          Chinese Snuff Bottles II Including An Important Selection from The
                                          Marian Mayer Collection, London, 1989, no.33, p.48.

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