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A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE Literature comparison: Hugh Moss, A MOTTLED LAVENDER, WHITE AND EMERALD-GREEN JADEITE
‘BUDDHIST LION’ SNUFF BOTTLE, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A SNUFF BOTTLE, 1780-1880
1750-1850 Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The stone of white, sage-green and lavender tone, with veins of emerald
The pale-yellow stone with a thick The Mary and George Bloch green. Excellent finish.
russet layer, carved and incised in Collection, vol. 1, Hong Kong, 1996, China, 1780-1880
high relief. Smooth surface finish. no. 140.
China, Master of the Rocks School, The well-hollowed body of faceted rectangular form with a minimally flared
1780-1850 Auction result comparison: SNUFF neck, the translucent stone of pale and deep lavender-blue, white, and
BOTTLES FROM THE MARY AND sage-green with one small emerald-green vein.
Of rounded rectangular shape with GEORGE BLOCH COLLECTION: PART Blue, lavender- or lilac-colored jadeite probably became available to the
an oval foot ring and short tubular VI. Sotheby’s, 27 MAY 2013, HONG Chinese at much the same time as the better-known and more plentiful
neck, the stone of a pale-yellow KONG, lot 144. (for a bottle carved emerald-green jadeite. This leaves open the possibility that jadeite pieces of
color with large patches of russet from similar pebble material) THE this more dramatic and exotic coloring could date from the late eighteenth
skin, finely carved to form a pair of DR. SYLVAN AND FAITH GOLDER century, although it is known that many were made during the latter part
buddhist lions, as always chasing the COLLECTION OF FINE CHINESE of the Qing dynasty and well into the Republican period.
brocade ball, with incised clouds on SNUFF BOTTLES. Bonham’s, 11 Sep Although the present bottle may feel heavy in the hand, it is because of its
the reverse. The material used for 2017, NEW YORK, lot 9108. (for a size rather than a lack of care in hollowing. Indeed, the interior is extremely
the present bottle was preferred by similar bottle) carefully and evenly hollowed, through an extremely small mouth (only 5
the Master of the Rocks school and mm. wide) leaving a wall thickness of only about 2-3 mm. The spectacular
was known in the late Qing period 湫䌱䔁䙖晽”暁䋭䌣䐆”滣䂇 material combines a dynamic natural pattern of the deepest lavender color
as ‘yellow steamed-chestnut’, and ⢢炻1750-1850⸜ with a paler, icy-lavender color and a pale, sage-green.
to modern collectors as Han jade. It 湫䌱ⷞ㽫⍂䘬墸刚㰩炻 檀㴖晽炻堐
was far from the only material used, 朊⸛㹹䢐⃱ Shape: Rectangular faceted
but was sufficiently popular to have ᷕ⚳炻䔁䙖䌱晽㳦墥炻1750-1850 Hollowing: Very good
become a characteristic trade-mark. ⸜ Mouth, neck and lip: Cylindric neck with slanted lip and flat top, very small
A possibly significant feature of this mouth
impressive example is also common ⚻奺䞑⼊䘬湫䌱⢢幓ⷞ㚱⣏朊䧵䘬 Base: Rectangular with raised foot rim
to the school. It has a small mouth in 墸刚㰩炻䱦䳘䘬⇣∫↢ℑ柕曺䋭䌣 Stopper: Coral cabochon on a faceted turquoise platelet with good patina,
relation to the lip, in this case almost 䐆䘬㧉㧋ˤ㬌滣䂇⢢ἧ䓐䘬㛸㕁䁢 possibly matching
as small as any known jade snuff 㘂㶭㗪㛇塓䔁䙖䌱晽㳦嬥䁢”㞿⫸ Height of the bottle with stopper: 5,9 cm.
bottle of normal size, and similar to 䱽”䘬湫䌱炻忁㧋䘬怠㛸⍲ㇳ㱽㗗娚 Width of the mouth: 5 mm.
a bottle from the Bloch collection, 㳦⇍㚨⣏䈡刚ˤ Width of the neck: 16 mm.
sold at Bonham’s Hong Kong, 䔁䙖䌱晽㳦䘬⎎ᶨ⣏䈡刚䁢攳搧䚠 Weight: 80,5 grams
28th May 2010, lot 45. This may ⮵䒞⒯庫⮷䘬䒞⎋炻侴㬌滣䂇℟㚱 Condition: Excellent
not preclude wider mouths from 㬌䈡溆ˤ栆Ụ䘬㉵⑩⎗夳恎㿂㕗㕤 Provenance: American private collection, old collector’s number to bottom
the school, but it is an indication 楁㷗2010⸜5㚰28㖍䘬45嘇㉵⑩ˤ
of a typical mouth detail. Both 㬌⢾炻忁ℑᾳ滣䂇⢢䘮℟㚱晽ⶍ䳘 Auction result comparison: IMPORTANT CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES FROM
these bottles also have confidently 䶣ὸ句䘬嵛悐炻ᶼ堐朊㤝⹎㉳⃱ˤ THE J&J COLLECTION. Christies, Hong Kong, 25 April 2004, lot 870. (for a
carved forms with neat, crisp and ⼊䉨烉⚻奺䞑⼊ jadeite bottle of similar color pattern)
pronounced foot rims and are both ㌷元烉夷㔜
also superbly finished. 䒞⎋ˣ柠悐ˣ䒞⒯烉⚻㞙⼊柠ˣ⸛ ⚃⼑侉侈滣䂇⢢炻1780-1880⸜
柕炻朆ⷠ⮷⎋ 䤷䤧⢥䥏侉侈炻⬴伶䢐⃱
Shape: Rounded rectangular shape 桐㟤烉䔁䙖䌱晽㳦墥炻1750-1850 ᷕ⚳炻1780-1880⸜
Hollowing: Superb ⸜ 攟㕡⼊䘬⢢幓忋㍍叿䔍䁢┯⎕⼊䘬⢢柠炻⋲德㖶䘬呤䞛ⷞ叿Ṗ䘥ˣ啘堋
Mouth, neck and lip: Cylindric neck, 味烉䲭䍲䐂⛐湹刚䇯ᶲ炻⎌晭晽⊢ 勱䳓啵⍲滈⯦勱䵈ᶱ刚炻℞ᷕ㚜⣦暄叿ᶨ䴚侉侈䵈
flat top, very small mouth 檀ĩⷞ味Ī烉ĸįij⍀䰛 ⑩䚠㤝Ἓ
Base: Oval, with raised foot rim ⎋⼹烉ıįĶ⍀䰛 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷炻⸽悐ᾅ㚱冲㓞啷䶐嘇
Design, marks, school: Master of the 柠悐䚜⼹烉ijįIJ⍀䰛
Rocks School, 1780-1850 慵慷烉IJIJıįĶ⃳ EstimateġEUR 1.000,-
Stopper: Red coral on black platelet, ⑩䚠⬴┬炻䒞⒯㚱⮷䳘䲳 Starting price EUR 500,-
old spoon 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷
Height of the bottle with stopper: 㔯䌣⍫侫烉Hugh Moss, Victor
7,2 cm. Graham and Ka Bo Tsang叿˪䐒匱
Width of the mouth: 5 mm. 冯╔㱣ⶫ㳃崓䍵啷烉ᷕ⚳滣䂇⢢
Width of the neck: 21 mm. 普˫炻⌟1炻楁㷗炻1996⸜炻䶐嘇
Weight: 110,5 grams 140ˤ
Condition: One minor flaw to lip, 䚠Ụ㉵⑩烉ᶨẞ栆Ụ⍇㕁䘬晽⇣滣
otherwise perfect condition 䂇⢢炻夳喯⭴㭼˪䐒匱冯╔㱣ⶫ㳃
Provenance: American private 崓㓞啷滣䂇⢢˫炻楁㷗炻2013⸜5
collection 㚰27㖍炻㉵⑩䶐嘇144ˤ⎎ᶨẞ栆
Ụ䘬ἄ⑩炻夳恎㿂㕗˪DR. SYLVAN
AND FAITH GOLDER㓞啷滣䄁⢢˫
炻2017⸜9㚰11㖍炻䲸䲬炻㉵⑩䶐
嘇9108ˤ

EstimateġEUR 1.000,-
Starting price EUR 500,-

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