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A CARVED WHITE AND RUSSET JADE SNUFF BOTTLE A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1850 Circa 1780-1880
Well-hollowed, the bottle with sloping shoulders standing on an oval Retaining the natural form of the original pebble, the bottle with a
foot ring, with a very slightly waisted neck, flat lip, the front and back conforming neck and foot ring, the surfaces undecorated leaving
worked with the russet skin in the stone, skillfully carved in relief with one side covered with a layer of mottled russet skin, the remaning
a bearded official and his attendant standing under a pine tree, and a surfaces of uniform pale grayish-white tone with two patches of
stag in a craggy landscape. milky-white inclusions.
2 7/16in (6.3cm) high 2 3/8in (6cm) high
$10,000 - 15,000 $4,000 - 6,000
Provenance Illustrated
Robert Hall, 8th November 1988 International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, Journal, June 1979
front cover
1780-1850年 白玉雕仕人松下圖鼻煙壺
約1780-1880年 白玉帶皮鼻煙壺
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