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A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘EAGLE’
SNUFF BOTTLE
Qing Dynasty
The bottle of globular form, rising from an oval foot
with a slightly recessed base to a cylindrical neck,
carved to one side with a dignified eagle perched on
cragged rocks, with one talon raised, the polished
stone with russet inclusions,
5.3cm (2 1/8in) high

£6,000 - 8,000
CNY53,000 - 71,000

清 白玉帶皮英雄獨立鼻煙壺

Provenance: Robert Hall, London, 18 June 1999
A distinguished Asian private collection

來源： 英國古董商Robert Hall, 1999年6月18日
顯貴亞洲私人收藏
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329*
A WHITE JADE ‘MYTHICAL BEAST’
SNUFF BOTTLE
Late Qing Dynasty/Republic period
Deftly carved as a mythical beast sitting on its
haunches with two pricked ears behind large
bulbous eyes, mouth agape formed with a small
circle hollowed from the stone between curling fangs
protruding over the lower lip, the incised flowing
mane below the chin.
5.4cm (2 1/8in) high.
£800 - 1,200
CNY7,100 - 11,000
清末/民國 白玉瑞獸形鼻煙壺

Provenance: a distinguished Asian private collection

來源： 顯貴亞洲私人收藏

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330*
A WHITE JADE PEAR-SHAPED ‘CICADA’
SNUFF BOTTLE
18th/19th Century
The bottle of compressed ovoid form raising from
an oval foot to a tall cylindrical neck, carved on both
sides with a flattened archaistic cicada, its carapace
detailed with scrolls and folded wings, the abdomen
with notched ridges, the polished stone of a white
even tone. 6.3cm (2 1/2in) high.
£4,000 - 6,000
CNY36,000 - 53,000
十八/十九世紀 白玉蟬形鼻煙壺

Provenance: a distinguished Asian private collection

來源： 顯貴亞洲私人收藏

A similar white jade ‘Zhirou Zhai cicada’ snuff bottle,
circa 1700-1840, is illustrated by H.Moss, V.Graham
and K.B.Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles,
The Mary and George Bloch Collection: Volume 1,
Jade, Hong Kong, 1995, pp.86-87, no.31.
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