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A CARVED RUSSET JADE SNUFF BOTTLE Carved in the style of the Master of the Rocks school, with the superb
The Master of the Rocks School, 18th/19th century use of different natural colours of the materials, skilfully rendering the
The nephrite pebble well hollowed, with a recessed, rounded- main narrative scene, with the pine treen and rockwork entirely picked
rectangular foot, carved with a continuous narrative scene of an out of the brown russet skin. The depth of carving through the layers
attendant carrying a qin with his master next to a plate of fruit, about to of skin lends a variation in colour to the relief detail that separates it
travel in a landscape of rock and pine, box. subtly from the ground plane, resulting in a stronger rustic feeling of
7.3cm (2 7/8in) high. (2). the scene.

HKD100,000 - 120,000 Compare with a yellow and russet jade ‘landscape’ snuff bottle in ‘The
US$13,000 - 15,000 Master of the Rocks’ style depicting the four noble occupations, which
was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, Snuff Bottles from the Mary &
十八/十九世紀 黃玉巧雕「携琴訪友」鼻煙壺 George Bloch Collection: Part VIII, 25 May 2014, lot 1032; see another
yellow and russet jade ‘figures in landscape snuff bottle of the same
Provenance: school, sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong Snuff Bottles from the Mary &
Robert Kleiner, London, late 1990s George Bloch Collection: Part VII, 25 November 2013, lot 74.

來源： 與本壺造型，題材及工藝接近的例子，可參考瑪麗及莊志博夫婦舊藏
Robert Kleiner收藏，倫敦，上世紀九十年代晚期 一件黃玉俏雕「漁樵耕讀」圖鼻煙壺，售於香港蘇富比，2014年5月25
日，拍品1032；同一舊藏裏也見一件黃玉籽料巧雕「四老」圖鋪首耳鼻
煙壺，同售於香港蘇富比，2013年11月25日，拍品74。

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