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AN OLIVE-GREEN AND RUSSET JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
1740-1850
The bottle is carved from opaque and mottled russet areas of the natural skin. Each narrow
side is carved with a mask handle and an archaistic four-character seal script inscription,
one reading chang le yong kang (‘long life, eternal happiness’), the other yan nian yi shou
(‘May you have prolonged longevity’), and a studio name in archaic seal script, ji jin zhen shi
fang (‘The boat pavilion of auspicious bronze and sturdy rock’), is on the base.

2¬ in. (6.6 cm.) high, jadeite stopper
$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE

Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong.
Joe Grimberg Collection, Singapore.
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2004.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4068.

EXHIBITED

Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26
September 2008.

The seal mark on the base, ji jin zhen shi fang, may be associated with the late Qing carver
Wang Rong (1817-1882), who published Ji jin zhen shi fang bai mei yin, a collection of seal
impressions made from seals carved after the last names of one hundred beauties from
various Chinese classical works.
䍆蒗Ǹ䑈䍆酉㌒斈瀔䎘ǹ聖㌉

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