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8057 8057
A white jade purse-form snuff bottle
8058 18th/19th century
Well-hollowed, with flat rim, gently recessed oval foot, delicately
42 | BONHAMS carved as a purse with gathered pleats at the neck and shoulders
above a leafy lotus to either side to the lower body, the stone of pale
greenish-white tone, with cloud-like inclusions.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000

8058
A jade snuff bottle
Early 20th century
Of flattened globular form rising to a straight neck, flat rim, its shoulder
decorated with a ‘brocade’ draping with incised flower-head design
and cloud scrolls, its oval flat foot surrounded with lingzhi head
patterns; the grayish-white stone exhibiting patches of cloud-like
inclusions.
2 3/16in (5.5cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000