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A RARE YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE ‘TAOTIE’ SNUFF BOTTLE
Mid-Qing Dynasty
The barrel-shaped bottle raising to an angled shoulder and waisted
neck, decorated in relief with three taotie masks with horns, manes
and nostril rendered by archaistic C-scrolls, the circular mouth rim and
foot ring neatly finished, the stone of an even yellow tone with russet
inclusions.
5.6cm (2 1/4in) high.

£8,000 - 12,000
CNY71,000 - 110,000

清中葉 黃玉帶皮饕餮紋鼻煙壺

The archaistic design of the present lot, is entirely in keeping with the
mid-Qing dynasty fascination for high antiquity and archaic bronzes.
Compare with a jade snuff bottle with similar taotie mask design, 1780-
1850, illustrated by H.Moss, V.Graham, and K.B.Tsang, A Treasury of
Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection: Jade,
Hong Kong, 1995, pp.68-69, no.22.

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