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340*
A RARE MUGHAL-STYLE WHITE AND RUSSET
JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
18th/19th century
The spade-shaped bottle with broad shoulders
and a straight neck, the body delicately carved with
large flowering lotus blooms borne on a gracefully
undulating stem issuing curling tendrils and acanthus
leaves, the stone with a greenish-white matrix marked
with rich russet inclusions.
5cm (2in) high.
£10,000 - 15,000
CNY89,000 - 130,000
十八/十九世紀 痕都斯坦式白玉帶皮纏枝蓮紋鼻煙壺

Provenance: a distinguished Asian private collection

來源： 顯貴亞洲私人收藏

The intricate and delicate style of carving seen
on the present lot is derived from a group of jade
carvings that were known to the Qianlong emperor
as ‘Hindustan’ or ‘Mughal’ jades. The Qianlong
emperor admired this exotic style of carving for
its softness of finish and thinness of the jade,
whereupon this style was copied in the Imperial
workshops.

A related white jade ‘Hindustan lotus’ snuff bottle, circa
1750-1820, 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.280-281, no.114, and later sold
340 in our Hong Kong Rooms, 27 May 2012, lot 74.

341*
AN WHITE JADE EMBELLISHED
SNUFF BOTTLE
Late Qing Dynasty, embellishment probably by
Tsuda family, Kyoto, 1890-1941
The bottle of flattened rectangular form with rounded
corners, finely inlaid with hardstones depicting floral
shrubs issuing from jagged rockwork, the reverse
with a calligraphic inscription, the translucent stone
of a pale grey tone.
5.5cm (2 1/8in) high.

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000
清末 白玉嵌寶花石圖鼻煙壺

Provenance: a distinguished Asian private collection

來源： 顯貴亞洲私人收藏

One side of the snuff bottle has a poetic inscription:

椿花一枝笑友
自然之有風情

Which may be translated as:
‘A branch of camellia is a smiling friend
with all the feeling of nature’

A related jade embellished snuff bottle, 1780-1850,
with Tsuda family embellishment, was sold in our
New York Rooms, 11 September 2017, lot 9116.

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