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A WHITE JADE ‘EGGPLANT’ SNUFF BOTTLE A WHITE JADE ‘BAMBOO SHOOT’ SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1840 1740-1860
Naturalistically carved in the form of an eggplant, with a gnarled stem Gently curved and tapering towards the tip, naturalistically carved
wrapped around the calyx and leaves hanging down the sides, and with well-articulated overlapping sheaths with finely incised vines,
a long-antennaed insect resting near the base, the stone of an even the mouth of the bottle at the base of the shoot, the evenly colored
white color. translucent stone with opaque white inclusions and hints of russet.
3in (7.6cm) long 2 1/2in (6.4cm) long

$4,000 - 6,000 $2,500 - 4,000
1750-1840年 白玉雕茄式鼻煙壺 1740-1860年 白玉雕筍式鼻煙壺

Provenance: Provenance:
Alice B. McReynolds Collection Sotheby’s, New York, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles, from the Mei
Sotheby’s, Los Angeles, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Ling Collection, 15 March 1984, lot 274
collection of Alice B McReynolds, 31 October 1984, lot 167
來源：
來源： 紐約蘇富比，1984年3月15日，拍品編號274
Alice B. McReynolds 珍藏
洛杉磯蘇富比，1984年10月31日，拍品編號167 Two similar white jade bamboo-shoot form bottles are illustrated by
Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese
Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 1, Jade,
Hong Kong, 1995, pp. 168-71, nos. 67 and 68.

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