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A WHITE JADE ‘DOG’ SNUFF BOTTLE
19th century
Naturalistically carved in the round as a dog in a playful crouch, with
floppy ears wearing a bell attached to a collar around its neck, the
mouth of the bottle drilled in the chest just below the bell, the stone of
an even white tone.
2 1/4in (6cm) long
US$5,000 - 7,000
十九世紀 白玉雕犬式鼻煙壺
Provenance
Mill House Antiques, Woodbury, Connecticut, prior to 1966
The awkward positioning of the mouth of this bottle points to the
possibility that it may not have began life as a snuff bottle, but was
converted from a scholar’s handling piece. From the mid-Qing period
onwards, small jade carvings of various sorts were hollowed out for
use as snuff bottles.
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