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379 * 383 *
A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘HORSE’ A VERY PALE GREEN AND RUSSET A related white jade ‘Hindustan lotus’ snuff
SNUFF BOTTLE ‘CICADA’ SNUFF BOTTLE bottle, circa 1750-1820, is illustrated by
The bottle of rectangular form and raised on Late Qing Dynasty H.Moss, V.Graham and K.B.Tsang, A Treasury
a foot of conforming outline, carved on the The bottle well hollowed, carved as a cicada of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George
front with two grazing horses, the back with a with the carapace and folded wings finely Bloch Collection: Volume 1, Jade, Hong Kong,
xi character between a butterfly and a chime, detailed, the thorax and abdomen carved with 1995, pp.280-281, no.114, and later sold in
the two sides flanked by animal mask and ring notched ridges, the mouth open and bulging our Hong Kong Rooms, 27 May 2012, lot 74.
handles, the stone of an even white with faint eyes, the stone of an even tone with faint
russet inclusions. 5.5cm (2 1/8in) high. russet inclusions. 6cm (2 3/8in) high. 386 *
A WHITE AND SPINACH-GREEN JADE
£1,000 - 2,000 £1,000 - 2,000 ‘AUBERGINE’ SNUFF BOTTLE
CNY8,800 - 18,000 CNY8,800 - 18,000 Qing Dynasty
HK$11,000 - 22,000 HK$11,000 - 22,000 The bottle with a flat lip and flat foot, carved
in the form of an aubergine embellished with
Provenance Provenance a spinach-green jade calyx, the stone of an
A distinguished Asian private collection A distinguished Asian private collection even white tone suffused with faint russet and
cloudy inclusions. 6.5cm (2 1/2in) high.
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A MOTTLED WHITE AND RUSSET JADE A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘CICADA’ £2,500 - 4,000
SNUFF BOTTLE SNUFF BOTTLE CNY22,000 - 35,000
18th century The bottle well hollowed as a cicada with HK$27,000 - 44,000
The bottle well hollowed, of flattened ovoid carapace and folded wings finely incised, the
form with broad shoulders, tapering neck underside with legs tucked under the thorax Provenance
and lipped rim, the base carved with a mark and the abdomen carved with notched ridges, Sotheby’s London, 11 May 1998, lot 639
in seal script, the stone speckled with russet the stone of an even tone with faint russet A distinguished Asian private collection
inclusions. 5.5cm (2 2/8in) high. inclusions. 5.3cm (2 1/8in) high.
387 *
£1,000 - 2,000 £800 - 1,200 A FINE JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE
CNY8,800 - 18,000 CNY7,100 - 11,000 19th century
HK$11,000 - 22,000 HK$8,800 - 13,000 The bottle of compressed globular form rising
from a recessed base to a cylindrical neck,
Provenance Provenance the icy-green stone with cloudy white and
A distinguished Asian private collection A distinguished Asian private collection apple green inclusions. 4.8cm (2in) high.

381 * A related white jade ‘cicada’ snuff bottle, £2,000 - 3,000
Qianlong, was sold in our New York Rooms,
A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘EAGLE’ 24 March 2010, lot 146. CNY18,000 - 27,000
SNUFF BOTTLE HK$22,000 - 33,000
Qing Dynasty
The bottle of globular form, rising from an 385 * Provenance
oval foot with a slightly recessed base to a A RARE MUGHAL-STYLE WHITE AND A distinguished Asian private collection
cylindrical neck, carved to one side with a RUSSET JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
dignified eagle perched on cragged rocks, 18th/19th century A related smoothly carved jadeite snuff bottle,
with one talon raised, the polished stone with The spade-shaped bottle with broad circa 1780-1850, was sold in our New York
russet inclusions, 5.3cm (2 1/8in) high shoulders and a straight neck, the body Rooms, 16 March 2015, lot 1096.
delicately carved with large flowering lotus
£3,000 - 5,000 blooms borne on a gracefully undulating stem
CNY27,000 - 44,000 issuing curling tendrils and acanthus leaves,
HK$33,000 - 55,000 the stone with a greenish-white matrix marked
with rich russet inclusions. 5cm (2in) high.
Provenance
Robert Hall, London, 18 June 1999 £5,000 - 8,000
A distinguished Asian private collection CNY44,000 - 71,000
HK$55,000 - 88,000
382 * Provenance
A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘GRAPES’ A distinguished Asian private collection
SNUFF BOTTLE
Late 19th/early 20th century The intricate and delicate style of carving seen
Naturalistically carved from a lustrous stone on the present lot is derived from a group of
of even pale green tone, the bottle modelled jade carvings that were known to the Qianlong
in the form of a large cluster of grapes, borne emperor as ‘Hindustan’ or ‘Mughal’ jades. The
on scrolling vine issuing overlapping leaves Qianlong emperor admired this exotic style of
highlighted in russet tone. 6.3cm (2 1/2in) high carving for its softness of finish and thinness of
the jade, whereupon this style was copied in
£1,000 - 2,000 the Imperial workshops.
CNY8,800 - 18,000
HK$11,000 - 22,000

Provenance
A distinguished Asian private collection

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