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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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A WELL-CARVED BLACK AND WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
SUZHOU, 1750-1850
The bottle is carved in high relief on one side with Zhong Kui escorting his sister to her wedding. The
demon queller holds a fan as he walks in front of his sister who is being pushed in a wheeled chair by a
demon, while another demon carrying a stack of ribbon-tied books follows behind from the reverse of the
bottle which is carved with an couplet, zhong shan feng xing, zhu e mo zuo, which may be translated as
‘cultivate all good, create no evil’.
2Ω in. (6.3 cm.) high, rose quartz stopper
$12,000-18,000

The clever use of the white markings in the stone to enhance the fgural scenes speaks to the mastery
of this bottle’s maker. The contrast of the seated bride in white against the black wheeled chair is
particularly impressive. For other examples of well-carved Suzhou bottles carved from black and
white jade, see Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuf Bottles, the Mary and George Bloch
Collection, Vol. 1, pp. 318-35, nos. 126-131.
1750年-1850年 蘇作黑灰玉鍾馗嫁妹圖鼻煙壺

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