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8025 (two views)                                                      8026

8024                                                                  8025
A YELLOW JADE SNUFF BOTTLE                                            A FINE INCISED WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
1800-1880                                                             The bottle, 1750-1820, Xingyouheng Tang mark
Well-hollowed, of rounded square form with a cylindrical neck, flat   Well-hollowed, the perfectly formed bottle of rounded rectangular
lip, subtly splayed oval foot ring, the surfaces left undecorated to  profile, with a cylindrical neck, flat lip, the flawless white stone polished
accentuate the attractive stone with a faint yellow hue and well      to a soft luster, lightly etched to one side with archaic ritual vessels
polished to a soft luster.                                            and a four-character inscription, the reverse with paired archaistic
2 5/8in (6.7cm) high                                                  dragons, the underside incised with Xingyouheng Tang mark in seal
$3,000 - 5,000                                                        script within a fine rounded oval foot ring.
                                                                      2 1/2in (6.4cm) high
1800-1880年 黃玉光素鼻煙壺                                                    $3,000 - 5,000

                                                                      1750-1820年 《行有恆堂》款 白玉刻青銅器紋鼻煙壺

                                                                      Compare a white jade snuff bottle incised with the same hall mark,
                                                                      from the Mary & George Bloch Collection, published and illustrated,
                                                                      Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese
                                                                      Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 1, Hong
                                                                      Kong, 1996, no. 154.

                                                                      PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS

                                                                      8026
                                                                      A WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
                                                                      1750-1820
                                                                      Of flattened pear form with a flat rim to the cylindrical neck, the lower
                                                                      body tapering in sharply above the oval sectioned foot, the matrix of
                                                                      fairly even off-white hue with milky white inclusions.
                                                                      1 7/8in (4.8cm) high
                                                                      $1,500 - 2,000

                                                                      1750-1820年 白玉光素鼻煙壺

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