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A MOTTLED ICY-GREEN JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE
1800-1900
The compressed, rounded bottle is carved from a stone of mottled icy-green tone.
2 in. (5 cm.) high, pink tourmaline and jadeite stopper
$7,000-9,000
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's New York, 21 January 1982, lot 224.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
Jadeite comes from a remote part of Burma and first attracted the attention,
and then the passion, of the Qianlong emperor, although regular supplies of the
stone did not occur between China and Burma until 1784 when relations were
improved. In the latter part of the Qianlong reign, snuff bottles were regularly
made of jadeite for, and at the Court, and its ongoing popularity may be seen in
a series of porcelain bottles and other wares with glazes imitating jadeite made
during the Daoguang period (see, H. Moss, V. Graham and K.B. Tsang, The Art of
the Chinese Snuff Bottle. The J & J Collection, New York, pp. 419-420).

1800-1900年 翠玉鼻煙壺
來源:
紐約蘇富比, 1982年1月21日, 拍品編號224
何瑞秋珍藏, 紐約

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A CARVED TRANSPARENT PALE BLUE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1800
The bottle is carved with a continuous design of two chi dragons striding amidst
clouds and rocks.
1√ in. (4.8 cm.) high, pink tourmaline stopper
$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE:
Bob C. Stevens Collection, no. 160.
Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Bob C. Stevens,
Part I; Sotheby’s Honolulu, 7 November 1981, lot 7.
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. 33.
LITERATURE:
B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, no. 160.

The image of two dragons can be interpreted as a symbol of a 'happy reunion,' as
discussed by Terese Tse Bartholomew in Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art, Asian Art
Museum of San Francisco, 2006, p.47.

1750-1800年 透明藍玻璃雙龍紋鼻煙壺
來源:
Bob C. Stevens珍藏, 編號160
Bob C. Stevens珍藏重要中國鼻煙壺 (第一部分), 檀香山蘇富比, 1981年11月7日, 拍品編號7
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33
出版:
B. Stevens, 《鼻煙壺收藏指南》, 紐約, 1976年, 編號160
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