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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A PARKER JR.
708
A PALE CELADON JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
19th century
Of compressed globular form, the interior well hollowed, with a flat lip
and an oval foot rim, with fixed ring mask handles on the sides.
2 1/8in (5.4cm) high

$3,000 - 5,000

十九世紀 青白玉雕鋪首紋鼻煙壺

Provenance:
William A Parker Jr.
Erik Hancock, (according to label)

708

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A PARKER JR.
709
A PALE CELADON JADE MUGHAL-STYLE SNUFF BOTTLE
18th/19th century
Of compressed rounded rectangular form, the interior very well
hollowed, with a concave lip and supported by an oval foot rim, each
face finely carved with a symmetrical floral scroll.
2in (5cm) high

$2,500 - 4,000

十八/十九世紀 青白玉雕痕都斯坦式牡丹紋鼻煙壺

Provenance:
William A Parker Jr.

709

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A PARKER JR.
710
AN ICY-GREEN JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE
Yitang mark, 1780-1833
Of compressed globular form, with a slightly concave lip and a flat foot,
the foot incised with a Yitang mark in seal script, the stone with a slight
green cast.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000

1780-1833年 翠玉鼻煙壺 《繹堂》款

Provenance:
William A Parker Jr.
C.P. Lee and Sons, Perth, Australia, (according to label)

This bottle is one on a small handful that bear the Yitang mark in seal
script on the foot. According to Moss, Graham and Tsang A Treasury
of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary & George Bloch Collection Vol 1
nos. 146-148, Yitang was the zi or hao of Nanyancheng, a conferred 710
jinshi scholar and Manchu member of the Plain White Banner.
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