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AN INSCRIBED WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
36 | BONHAMS 1780-1850
The tapering bottle standing upon a splayed foot ring, rising to a
sharply waisted neck beneath its wide, flat lip, one side lightly incised
with an elegantly gnarled prunus tree with sparse blossoms, the
reverse finely carved with an imperially inscribed poem inspired by the
sight of the graceful prunus in cold winter; the white stone with a faint
grayish tone marked with paler stripes and patches, and a russet-
stained fissure line.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) high
$6,000 - 8,000

1780-1850年 白玉梅花紋御製詩鼻煙壺

8036
A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE SNUFF BOTTLE AND
JADEITE SNUFF DISH
1780-1860
Well-hollowed, the rounded rectangular bottle rising to a cylindrical
neck, subtly recessed lip, well finished oval foot ring, the narrow sides
finely carved in rounded relief with two mock lion mask-and-ring
handles; the pale russet-tinged stone marked with opaque brown and
off-white areas; the circular snuff dish raised on a wide, slightly raised
foot, carved from mottled green, russet, and white jadeite.
2 15/16in (6.8cm) height of snuff bottle, 1 15/16in (4.9cm) diameter
of snuff dish
$3,000 - 5,000

1780-1860年 褐斑青白玉獸面鼻煙壺及碟