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A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘CHILONG’ SNUFF BOTTLE
Qianlong
Well hollowed, the pebble bottle carved in relief with a sinuous chilong
clambering amidst wispy lingzhi clouds, chasing a pearl stopper, the
stone of an even white tone with minor russet inclusions.
5cm (2 1/8in) high (2).

£5,000 - 8,000
CNY43,000 - 69,000

清乾隆 白玉帶皮雲龍趕珠紋隨形鼻煙壺

Provenance: The Tung Cheng collection, Kowloon, 1964
An American Mid-Western collection
Sotheby’s New York, 17 March 1997, lot 151
An Asian private collection of snuff bottles

來源： 1964年時為香港Tung Cheng舊藏
美國中西部私人舊藏
1997年3月17日於紐約蘇富比拍賣，拍品151號
亞洲私人藏鼻煙壺珍品

Compare with a jade snuff bottle, 1750-1820, attributed to the Imperial
Palace workshops and decorated with similar chilong and ruyi design
as the present bottle, illustrated by H.Moss in A Treasury of Chinese
Snuff Bottles, Vol.1, Hong Kong, 1995, p.226, fig.93.

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A FINE ARCHAISTIC WHITE JADE ‘CHILONG’ SNUFF BOTTLE
19th century
Of rounded rectangular shape and well-hollowed interior, rising from
a recessed foot and carved on both sides with archaistic designs of
four confronting chilong, the narrow sides flanked by mask-and-ring
handles, the stone of even white tone.
5.4cm (2 3/8in) high

£4,000 - 6,000
CNY35,000 - 52,000

十九世紀 白玉夔龍紋鼻煙壺

Provenance:
The Caldwell collection
Sotheby’s New York, 23-24 March 1998, lot 171
An Asian private collection of snuff bottles

來源：
Caldwell舊藏
1998年3月23-24日於紐約蘇富比拍賣，拍品171號
亞洲私人藏鼻煙壺珍品

See a related green and russet jade snuff bottle, 1740-1850, which
was sold at Christie’s, New York, 14 September 2016, lot 429.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.