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A WHITE JADE PEAR-SHAPED ‘CICADA’
SNUFF BOTTLE
18th/19th century
Of pear-shaped form, intricately carved in relief to
each side with a stylised cicada, carefully detailed
with a pair of membranous wings covering its
segmented abdomen, all below a band of archaistic
C-scrolls to the neck, the translucent stone of an
attractive and even pale 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

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365
A WHITE JADE AND RUSSET
‘GOURD-SHAPED’ SNUFF BOTTLE
18th/19th century
The pebble-shaped bottle carved in the form of a
large gourd conjoined with a smaller gourd, both
borne on a gnarled tree branch issuing large foliate
leaves and entwining vine, carved with a swooping
bat above a lingzhi spray to the reverse, the malachite
stopper modelled in the form of the tip of the fruit.
5cm (2in) high (2).

£4,000 - 6,000
CNY36,000 - 53,000

十八/十九世紀 白玉帶皮瓜棱隨形鼻煙壺

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