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A FINE JADEITE ‘DOUBLE HAPPINESS’ SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1850
Very well-hollowed, the tapering body rising to a slightly everted
mouth with a recessed lip, each face finely carved in low relief with
a pair of stylized archaistic dragons forming a shuangxi character,
separated by mock lion-mask and ring handles on the shoulder, all
between lappet band encircling the neck and base, the translucent
stone suffused with pale moss-like inclusions.
2 1/8in (5.4cm) high

$3,000 - 5,000
1760-1850年 翠玉雕雙喜龍紋鼻煙壺

Provenance
Hong Kong Auctioneers & Estate Agency Limited, 9 March 1997,
lot 374

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A WHITE JADE DOUBLE SNUFF BOTTLE
The plaque: late Qing/Republic period
Converted from a carved plaque, one side of the central rectangular
section decorated with a sinuous chilong, the other with a kuifeng,
flanked by reticulated scrolling kuifeng, the top carved with two
necks, each drilled to form two separate cavities, all resting on a pair
of addorsed dragons, the white stone with minimal inclusions.
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high

$2,000 - 3,000
晚清/民國 白玉牌後改製雙連仿古紋鼻煙壺

Provenance 4
Jade House, Hong Kong, 4 July 1998

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