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A WHITE JADE ‘BUTTERFLIES’ SNUFF A WHITE JADE CIRCULAR SNUFF A WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
BOTTLE BOTTLE 19th century
The rectangular bottle carved from an The bottle shaped as an archaic flask, bianhu, Of flattened rectangular form on a slightly
attractive stone of even pale tone, decorated of spherical form rising from a recessed splayed foot and a recessed base with
on one side with two butterflies flying amidst splayed foot to a straight neck, the interior incised, etched and gilt-paint-filled designs
floral petals, the reverse inscribed with seal well hollowed, the stone of a white even tone. of an Immortal carrying a flower basket and a
script characters reading ‘Diefen Yinhuaxian’, 5.1cm (2in) high. snake catcher, 6cm (2 3/8in) high. (1).
flanked by a pair of lion mask handles to the
sides. 5.5cm (2 1/8in) high. £1,000 - 2,000 £800 - 1,200
CNY8,800 - 18,000 CNY7,100 - 11,000
£1,000 - 2,000 HK$11,000 - 22,000 HK$8,800 - 13,000
CNY8,800 - 18,000
HK$11,000 - 22,000 Provenance Provenance
A distinguished Asian private collection A distinguished Asian private collection
Provenance
A distinguished Asian private collection 374 * 377 *

The inscription on one side reads: ‘蝶紛印華 A WHITE JADE ‘DOUBLE HAPPINESS’ A WHITE JADE PEAR-SHAPED ‘CICADA’
鮮’ which may be translated as ‘The profusion SNUFF BOTTLE SNUFF BOTTLE
of butterflies mark the fresh flowers’. Mid-Qing Dynasty 18th/19th century
Of compressed globular form supported on The bottle of compressed ovoid form
a short foot, carved to each side of the bottle raising from an oval foot to a tall cylindrical
371 * with a roundel enclosing a double happiness neck, carved on both sides with a flattened
A WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE character, flanked by raised oval panels to the archaistic cicada, its carapace detailed with
Qing Dynasty narrow sides, the lustrous stone of an even scrolls and folded wings, the abdomen with
The bottle of rectangular form and raised on pale tone. 5.1cm (2in) high notched ridges, the polished stone of a white
a foot of conforming outline with a recessed even tone. 6.3cm (2 1/2in) high.
base, the two sides flanked by animal mask £1,500 - 2,000
and ring handles, the stone of an even white CNY13,000 - 18,000 £2,000 - 3,000
tone. 6cm (2 3/8in) high. HK$16,000 - 22,000 CNY18,000 - 27,000
HK$22,000 - 33,000
£600 - 1,000 Provenance
CNY5,300 - 8,800 Sotheby’s London, 5 November 1998, lot 635 Provenance
HK$6,600 - 11,000 A distinguished Asian private collection A distinguished Asian private collection

Provenance A similar white jade ‘Zhirou Zhai cicada’
A distinguished Asian private collection 375 * snuff bottle, circa 1700-1840, is illustrated
A WHITE JADE ‘HORSE’ SNUFF BOTTLE by H.Moss, V.Graham and K.B.Tsang, A
A similar white jade snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty, The bottle of compressed oval form, rising Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary
is illustrated by T.Fok, The Splendour of Jade: from an oval foot rim to a straight neck, and George Bloch Collection: Volume 1, Jade,
The Songzhutang Collection of Jade, Hong delicately carved on both sides with a Hong Kong, 1995, pp.86-87, no.31.
Kong, 2011, p.198, no.159. prancing horse, the stone of even tone with
russet inclusions. 6.5cm (2 1/2in) high.
378 *
372 * £800 - 1,200 A WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
A WHITE JADE ‘CRANES’ SNUFF BOTTLE CNY7,100 - 11,000 The bottle shaped as a flattened baluster vase
The rectangular bottle with indented corners HK$8,800 - 13,000 rising from an oval foot to a waisted cylindrical
supported on an oval foot, carved to one side neck and lipped rim, flanked by elephant head
with a panel enclosing a crane gazing at its Provenance and ring handles and tied at the shoulders
flying kin, the other with a butterfly amidst a A distinguished Asian private collection with loose ribbons falling into graceful pleats
flowering sprig, the attractive stone of an even on both front and reverse, the translucent
pale colour. 6cm (2 1/2in) high. stone of a white even tone. 6.5cm (2 1/2in)
high.
£800 - 1,200
CNY7,100 - 11,000 £800 - 1,200
HK$8,800 - 13,000 CNY7,100 - 11,000
HK$8,800 - 13,000
Provenance
A distinguished Asian private collection Provenance
Sotheby’s London, 5 November 1998, lot 638
A distinguished Asian private collection

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