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906
A LARGE CARVED 'CHICKEN BONE' JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1850
Of rounded rectangular form, the bottle is carved on one side with two
fruiting peach sprays, with the trailing leaves of one cascading down the
reverse. The stone is suffused with a faint crackle and has pinkish, dark-
grey and purplish markings on the side with the decoration.
27 in. (7.1 cm.) high, amethyst stopper
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE:
Bob C. Stevens Collection, no. 1017.
The Bob C. Stevens Collection of Fine and Important Chinese Snuff
Bottles, Part II; Sotheby’s New York, 26 March 1982, lot 145.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
EXHIBITED:
Tokyo, Mikimoto Hall, An Exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles From The
Bob C. Stevens Collection, 22-31 October 1978, cat. no. 176.
LITERATURE:
H. Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles Number Four, London, 1966, p. 40, pl. J.
B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, no.
1017.
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R.
Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 70-71,
no. 22.

1750-1850年 雞骨白玉雕桃紋鼻煙壺
來源:
906
Bob C. Stevens珍藏, 編號1017
Bob C. Stevens珍藏重要中國鼻煙壺 (第二部分), 紐約蘇富比, 1982年3月
26日, 拍品編號145
何瑞秋珍藏, 紐約
展覽:
東京御木本會館, 「Bob C. Stevens珍藏中國鼻煙壺」, 1978年10月22至31日,
圖錄編號176
出版:
莫士撝, 《Chinese Snuff Bottles Number Four》, 倫敦, 1966年, 頁40, 圖版J
B. Stevens, 《鼻煙壺收藏指南》, 紐約, 1976年, 編號1017
何瑞秋, 《Rivers and Mountains Far from the World - The Rachelle R.
Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary》, 紐約, 1994年, 頁70-71,
編號22

907
A CARVED WHITE JADE RECTANGULAR SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1850
The bottle is carved overall in relief with shou characters in seal script.
The stone is of an even, white tone.
24 in. (6.3 cm.) high, glass stopper
$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE:
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.

1750-1850年 白玉雕「壽」字紋長方形鼻煙壺

來源:
何瑞秋珍藏, 紐約
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