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A FINE BLACK AND WHITE JADE ‘LIU HAI’ SNUFF BOTTLE A related black jade Suzhou snuff bottle with Liu Hai and a three-
Suzhou School, 1740-1850 legged toad, 1740-1850, is illustrated by H.Franz, Chinese Art from
Of oval shape, finely carved with a continuous rocky cliff landscape the Hedda and Lutz Franz Collection, Hong Kong, 2010, pp.10-13,
of pines, reeds and a vibrant stream, below the Immortal Liu Hai no.1332. A black jade Suzhou snuff bottle with a related carving of
ingeniously carved from the paler markings of the stone, standing the Tang poet Meng Haoran riding a donkey followed by an attendant,
on the cloud of vapour rising from the three-legged toad’s mouth, circa 1740-1850, is illustrated by H.Moss, V.Graham and K.B.Tsang,
swinging a cord strung with two coins, the stone of white and black A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch
tone, coral-coloured stopper with turquoise collar, box, Collection: Jade, Hong Kong, 1995, pp.328-329, no.130, and was
7.5cm (3in) high. (2). later sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 28 May 2010, lot 93. Compare
also with a similar black and white jade snuff bottle, which was sold at
HKD140,000 - 160,000 Christie’s New York, 22 March 2007, lot 42.
US$18,000 - 21,000
壺扁圓身，直頸圓口，橢圓形圈足，圓形珊瑚及翠玉色蓋，平底，掏堂
十八/十九世紀 墨白玉劉海戲金蟾鼻煙壺 規整。壺身通景俏色環雕劉海戲三脚金蟾，周邊圍繞山石松柏。

Provenance: 比較三件類近例子，一蘇作黑玉鼻煙壺同是劉海戲三腳金蟾題材，見
Dr John Strong, South Africa, circa 1990s H.Franz編， 《Chinese Art from the Hedda and Lutz Franz Collection》，
香港，2010年，頁10-13，1332號；另見H.Moss, V.Graham and
來源： K.B.Tsang編，《A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and
南非John Strong博士舊藏，約1990年代 George Bloch Collection: Jade》，香港，1995年，頁328-329，130號，後
由香港邦翰斯出售，2010年5月28日，拍品編號93；墨白玉例子可參
見一例售於紐約佳士得，2007年3月22日，拍品編號42。

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