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A LARGE CARVED RUSSET AND BEIGE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE For another nephrite bottle of both similar form and style of decoration,
Master of the Rocks School, 1780-1880 see Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Collection of Mary and
Of rounded square outline with short cylindrical neck and shallowly- George Bloch, London, 1995, pp. 136-139, no. 82, where the ‘Master
cut wide oval foot, the so-called ‘chicken-bone’ stone with various of the Rocks’ School is discussed. Common features of the group, are
areas of darker and paler inclusions that have been cleverly utilized the use of a core color to distinguish different surface planes and the
to depict two scholars playing weiqi on a low table below willow depiction of rustic settings.
with an attendant with staff watching the game, a crane clutching an
ingot flying to one narrow side and the reverse with a Daoist pavilion For another example of similar type but of more spade shape, see
supported on a plume rising from breaking waves and rockwork. Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles V, The Mr. and Mrs. Robert Trojan
2 11/16in (6.8cm) high Collection, p. 13, no. 11.

$4,000 - 6,000

1780-1880年 留皮玉雕派 雞骨玉雕人物樓閣鼻煙壺

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