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forming the character for ‘dragon’ , however for a bottle with an
identical front and back to the present lot see Moss, Graham, Tsang,
A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch
Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, vol. 3, no. 394.

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A PARKER JR.
738
A BLACK AND WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1870
Of upright form, with a flat lip and a flat oval foot rim, the front and
back face of the bottle carved in low relief with an archaistic design of
S-curls with dragon and phoenix heads.
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high

$3,000 - 5,000
1760-1870年 黑白玉雕仿古龍鳳紋鼻煙壺

Provenance:
William A Parker Jr.
Sotheby’s, New York, 25 February 1982, lot 201
Bessie K. Shierson Collection
738
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A PARKER JR.
739
AN UNUSUAL YELLOW GLASS TWIN ELEPHANT-FORM SNUFF
BOTTLE
Likely Imperial Glassworks, Beijing, 1760-1830
Carved in the form of two stylized caparisoned elephants with heads
turned back, a vase set on their shared back emerging from a border
of formalized lingzhi-heads at the shoulder, with two bats and a
tasseled textile, the tassels and elephant’s feet forming the foot rim, the
details all finely carved.
2in (5cm) high
$5,000 - 7,000
1760-1830年 北京宮廷玻璃造辦處 明黃料太平景象紋鼻煙壺

Provenance:
William A Parker Jr.
Acquired in December 1993
Collection of Joseph Silver

Whereas several elephant-form, yellow glass snuff bottles attributed
to the imperial glassworks in Beijing have come to market in recent
years - including notable examples from the Mary and George Bloch 739
Collection sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 27 May 2012, lot 141 and
from the J & J Collection, sold at Christie’s, Hong Kong, 25 April 2004,
lot 805 - this two-headed example is very rare. A second bottle from
the Bloch Collection featuring a two-headed elephant carved from
aragonite was sold at Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, 1 June 2015, lot 78.

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A PARKER JR.
740
A CARVED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
Attributed to Chen Guozhi
Of flattened pear form carved with a continuous landscape of a scholar
walking to the bank of a river, surrounded by tall trees and distant hills,
all beneath a pale yellow glaze, the base incised Chen Guozhi zuo.
2 7/8in (7.3cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000
傳陳國治 瓷雕山水圖鼻煙壺

Provenance:
William A Parker Jr.

This bottle’s composition is a near mirror image to the pale blue glazed
example formerly in the collection of Mary and George Bloch and
illustrated in Moss, Graham and Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff 740 (two views)
Bottles vol 6, no 1353 pp. 759-762.
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