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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. DEAN EDELL
699
A MUGHAL-STYLE WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
Well-hollowed, the rectangular bottle raised on a foot rendered as a
chrysanthemum flower-head with radiating petals, each main side
carved in relief with an identical design displaying a classic lotus
blossom borne on symmetrically arranged leafy scrolls, alternated
with vertical scrolls decorated to the narrow side, all framed by neatly
rendered leaf patterns draping along the edges beneath undercut work
at each shoulder, the waisted neck of the bottle further decorated with
uprising petals; with a matching stopper; the slightly gray-tinged white
stone marked with limited inclusions.
2 7/8in (7.3cm) high
$4,000 - 6,000
痕都斯坦式白玉雕蓮花紋鼻煙壺

Provenance:
Dr. Dean Edell
Howard Kaplan, Beverly Hills, California, 2000
699
Published:
Christopher Randall, The Wildness Collection, Chinese Snuff Bottles
form the Dr. Edell Collection, 2018, no. 45

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. DEAN EDELL
700
A CARVED DUAN STONE SNUFF BOTTLE
Likely Imperial, 18th/early 19th century
Of flattened globular form, with a slightly waisted neck, recessed lip
and oval foot ring, one broad side expertly carved in relief with two
dynamic, scaly dragons, reversed by a circular reserve enclosing
crisply carved characters reading Duan xi zhen wan (the treasured
plaything from Duan creek), all flanked by mock lion mask-and-ring
handles on the narrow sides, the lions with the distinctive ‘official’s
hats’.
2 3/8in (6cm) high

$2,000 - 3,000
十八世紀/十九世紀早期 端石雕龍紋「端溪珍玩」鼻煙壺

Provenance:
700 (two views) Dr. Dean Edell
Gerd Lester Collection, California

Published:
Christopher Randall, The Wildness Collection, Chinese Snuff Bottles
form the Dr. Edell Collection, 2018, no. 42

Exhibited:
International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, 2006

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. DEAN EDELL
701
AN INSCRIBED WHITE JADE ‘LOTUS POND’ SNUFF BOTTLE
18th century
Very well-hollowed, the spade form bottle with a short, waisted neck,
subtly recessed lip, concave foot, engraved to one broad and slightly
convex side with a serene pond filled with large lotus blossoms mixed
with millet growing on shore, the verso later incised with an Imperial
poem, all heightened in gilt wash; the matrix marked with numerous icy
specks.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000

701 (two views) 十八世紀 白玉鼻煙壺後刻荷塘秋色圖及御題詩文

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