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                             ŤAN APPLE-GREEN AND EMERALD-GREEN JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE
                              1770-1860
                                 The stone is dramatically patterned with areas of icy-white, opaque green and brilliant
                                 emerald-green tone, suggestive of a landscape scene.
                                 2q in. (6.6 cm.) high, pink tourmaline stopper
                                 $4,000-6,000

                                              PROVENANCE

                                 Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1998.
                                 Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2558.
                                 A bottle of similarly patterned jadeite, formerly in the collection of Alexander III of Russia
                                 (1845-1894), was sold at Christie’s New York, 15 September 2011, lot 2463.
                              䍆蒗ᡱ聖㌉

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