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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A PARKER JR.
720
A WHITE AND GREEN JADE ‘EGGPLANT’ SNUFF BOTTLE
Likely Imperial, Palace Workshops, 1750-1800
Well hollowed, the bottle of eggplant form, the white jade body finely
carved and polished and ending in a neat tip, mounted with a spinach-
green jade calyx.
2in (5cm) high

$3,000 - 5,000

1750-1800年 擬御製 宮廷作坊 白玉配碧玉茄子形鼻煙壺

Provenance:
William A Parker Jr.

White and green jade eggplant form snuff bottles like the current lot
belong to a group that were produced in sets for the 18th century
imperial court. Two sets of ten bottles are illustrated in Chang Lin-
sheng, Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, 720
Taipei, 1991, pp. 142 and 145, pls. 112 and 115.

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A PARKER JR.
721
A SHADOW AGATE ‘OFFICIAL EMOLUMENTS’ SNUFF BOTTLE
1860-1930
Of compressed form tapering slightly to the foot, with a wide concave
lip and supported by an oval foot rim, with the natural inclusions to one
face carved in high relief to represent a sparrow, spotted deer, wasp
and monkey.
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high
$1,800 - 2,500

1760-1850年 瑪瑙巧雕爵祿封侯紋鼻煙壺

Provenance:
William A Parker Jr.

721

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A PARKER JR.
722
A SHADOW AGATE ‘MONKEY AND FISHERMAN’ SNUFF
BOTTLE
19th century
Of compressed globular form with a flat lip and a recessed foot, the
interior very well hollowed, with fixed ring mask handles on the sides,
the front carved with a monkey observing a successful fisherman, the
reverse with a vessel emitting a wisp of smoke and a bat.
2 5/8in (6.6cm) high

$4,000 - 6,000
十九世紀 瑪瑙雕猴觀漁樂圖鼻煙壺

Provenance:
William A Parker Jr.

Published:
Randall, To Have and to Hold Snuff Bottles from Imperial China, no. 9 722 (two views)

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