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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A PARKER JR.
729
AN AGATE ‘DOUBLE-GOURD’ SNUFF BOTTLE
18th/19th century
Worked in the form of a double gourd with a waisted neck, a flat lip
and a concave dimple at the foot, the facade pierced with a leafy
twig issuing smaller double gourds with a bat in high relief at the
foot, the body of the bottle carved in low relief with an additional bat
and clouds, the stone of a orange tone with darkened brownish-red
inclusions.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) high

$2,500 - 4,000
十八/十九世紀 瑪瑙雕瓜瓞綿綿紋鼻煙壺

Provenance:
William A Parker Jr.

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A PARKER JR.
729
730
A SPINACH JADE ‘LONGEVITY’ SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1800
Of compressed pear form, the interior very well hollowed, with a flat lip
and a flat oval foot rim, the narrow sides with C-scrolls carved in relief,
the front and back with confronting kuilong surrounding a stylized shou
character, the translucent stone with black and green flecks.
3in (7.5cm) high

$2,500 - 4,000

1760-1800年 碧玉雕夔龍捧壽紋鼻煙壺

Provenance:
William A Parker Jr.
The Fernhill Park Collection

Illustrated:
Chinese Porcelain Company, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Fernhill
Park Collection, New York, 1991, no. 73.

A nearly identical bottle also in spinach jade is illustrated in Hughes,
730 The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Chinese Snuff Bottles, Baltimore,
2009 no 7, p. 22-23.
A white nephrite snuff bottle of similar shape and design is illustrated
in Clare Lawrence, The Alexander Brody Collection of Chinese Snuff
Bottles, London, 1995 p. 12 no 5. A fourth example is illustrated in the
Humphrey K. Hui collection is illustrated in The Imperial Connection,
Court-Related Chinese Snuff Bottles, Hong Kong, 1998, no 64.

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A PARKER JR.

731
AN EMERALD GREEN AVENTURINE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
Qianlong mark and of the period
Of compressed globular form with a flat foot and flat lip, with a layer
of rich emerald green glass mottled with sparkling gold flecks, a four
character Qianlong nianzhi incised mark to the foot.
1 3/4in (4.4cm) high

$2,500 - 4,000
清乾隆 寶石綠料灑金星鼻煙壺 《乾隆年製》款

Provenance:
731 William A Parker Jr.
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