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A carved russet and yellow jade snuff bottle An amber snuff bottle
1750-1850 1780-1880
Of rounded rectangular form with a short cylindrical neck, flat lip, Of rounded rectangular form, its sloping shoulders flanking a slightly
irregular-shaped foot ring conforming the natural contour of the stone, spreading neck, flat lip, delicate oval foot ring, the golden-brown stone
carved in relief through the opaque russet layer in the stone on one with limited inclusions, carved in rounded relief to either side depicting
side depicting a sage and his attendant standing under a pine at a phoenix standing atop rocks amidst leafy scrolls.
the garden of a palace, with a river meandering under a bridge, the 2 3/8in (6cm) high
reverse mostly uncarved, to accentuate the attractive greenish-yellow $3,000 - 5,000
stone with paler cloud-form inclusions.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) high Provenance
$3,000 - 5,000 William Harper, Texas
Humphrey Collection, Texas
Provenance
William Harper, Texas Property from the Bentley Collection,
Humphrey Collection, Texas London, United Kingdom

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A carved bamboo snuff bottle
1820-1880
Designed in the form of a ripened peach with an undercut woody
branch and leaves carved in relief with incised veins.
2 1/8in (5.4cm) high
$1,200 - 1,500

Provenance
the Bentley Collection, U.K.
C.Y. Tse, Hong Kong, 1986

Published
The Bentley Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Asian Art Studio, Inc.,
2008, p. 78

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