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8089
A WHITE JADE ‘LONGEVITY’ SNUFF BOTTLE
18th/19th century
Of rectangular form, the front and back each carved in relief with
six stylized shou characters, the two sides with mock lion and ring
handles, the stone of an even white color.
2 3/4in (6.8cm) high

US$4,000 - 6,000

十八/十九世紀 白玉雕壽字紋鼻煙壺

Provenance
Rare Art Inc., New York, 5 October 1977

A similar bottle was sold at Sotheby’s, New York, 16-17 September
2014, lot 243.

8090
A WHITE, BROWN AND BLACK JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
Master of the Rocks school, 18th/19th century
Of rectangular outline, the lip flat and shoulders sloping, supported 8089
by an oval foot rim, the russet and gray skin carved with a dragon
emerging from dense clouds to confront a mythical beast, the core
white with grey flecks.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) high

US$1,500 - 2,500

卵石皮浮雕大師流派 十八/十九世紀 白玉帶皮雕雲龍瑞獸紋鼻煙壺

Provenance
Sotheby Parke Bernet PB 84, 12 March 1980, lot 239

A similar bottle is illustrated in Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo
Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George
Bloch Collection, vol. 1, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 135, where it is noted
that bottles executed in the Master of the Rocks style have their
principal design concentrated entirely in the skin areas with the core
left uncarved, usually serving as sky. Although the material of the
present lot is not the usual material used by the school, the school
did not limit itself to only one type of nephrite, and there are even a
few examples known in atypical material without any skin. A similar
example was sold in these rooms, 22 Mar 2011, lot 121.

8091
A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE PEBBLE-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE 8090
18th/19th century
The shape conforming to the natural outline of the pebble, carved
sideways with a scene reminiscent of a landscape painting with sheer
cliffs on either side, a gnarled pine tree growing from one cliff framing
the distant view beyond, the russet areas used to highlight the cliffs.
2 5/8in (6.5cm) high

US$3,000 - 5,000

十八/十九世紀 白褐玉雕岩壁古松圖鼻煙壺

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