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A JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE TWO QUARTZ SNUFF BOTTLES A WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY LATE QING DYNASTY QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

of ask form with sloping shoulders and a the rst of amethyst, relief-carved with prunus; of compressed ovoid form rising from an elliptical
cylindrical neck, the ‘pine trees in snow’ stone of the second bottle of smoky quartz, with incised, foot to a short cylindrical neck, the stone of an
a bright apple green against a mottled green and etched, and gilt-paint- lled scenes, one side even white tone, stopper (2)
white ground, stopper (2) depicting cranes and pine, the other, a lady with Height 2¼ in., 5.7 cm
Height 2⅝ in., 6.7 cm chrysanthemums and rockwork, stoppers (4)
Height of taller 2⅜ in., 6 cm PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE Collection of Marvin Lesser, Pennsylvania.
Collection of Edward N. Dane, Massachusetts. PROVENANCE
The smoky quartz bottle: $ 2,000-3,000
$ 3,000-5,000 Collection of Edgar and Roberta Wise, California.
㶭⋩ℓᶾ䲨ġġġ䘥䌱滣䄁⢢
㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ侈䌱滣䄁⢢ $ 2,000-3,000

㶭㛓ġġġ䞛劙滣䄁⢢ℑẞ

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