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A FINE BLACK JADE ‘LIU HAI’ SNUFF BOTTLE A related black jade Suzhou snuff bottle with Liu Hai and three-legged
Qing Dynasty toad, 1740-1850, is illustrated by H.Franz, Chinese Art from the Hedda
The bottle of flattened globular form, boldly carved to one side with and Lutz Franz Collection, Hong Kong, 2010, pp.10-13, no.1332. A
Liu Hai stepping forward beside the three-legged toad leaping after black jade Suzhou snuff bottle with a related carving of the Tang poet
the string of coins, the reverse with a scholar wearing a woven wide- Meng Haoran riding a donkey followed by an attendant, circa 1740-
brimmed hat and long robes, seated atop a mule followed by a young 1850, is illustrated by H.Moss, V.Graham and K.B.Tsang, A Treasury of
attendant carrying a branch of prunus, the stone of a dark grey and Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection: Jade,
black tone. Hong Kong, 1995, pp.328-329, no.130, and later sold in our Hong
5.6cm (2 1/8in) high. Kong Rooms, 28 May 2010, lot 93.
£10,000 - 15,000
CNY89,000 - 130,000
清 墨玉劉海戲蟾鼻煙壺

Provenance: a distinguished Asian private collection

來源： 顯貴亞洲私人收藏

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