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A CARVED WHITE AND RUSSET JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1820
The bottle is carved in high relief on one side with a couplet, You xing chang lin shui, wu shi
bu jian shan (‘frequent the waters when [one] wishes, gaze at the mountains all the time’) in
archaic script followed by two illegible seals all in the russet skin, the reverse is carved with a
dragon amidst the swirling vapors issuing from its jaws, and the narrow sides with mask and
ring handles, one through russet skin.
2¡ in. (6 cm.) high, jadeite and metal stopper
$3,500-4,500

PROVENANCE

Clare Lawrence, London, 1997.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2010.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5095.

The couplet is taken from a poem titled ‘Comments on Shen Shaofu’s studio” by the Tang
dynasty monk and poet Jiaoran.
䍆邘蒗圖聖㌉

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