TWO WHITE JADE BOTTLES
TWO WHITE JADE BOTTLES

Details
TWO WHITE JADE BOTTLES
One of melon shape, carved in relief with tendrils, leaves and further melons with subtle russet highlights, stopper; the other carved as an irregular tied bag carved on one side from the russet skin with a flowering leafy spray, stopper
3.1/8in. (7.9cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Colonel R. M. Munro, (the first bottle)

Lot Essay

A similar example to the first bottle is illustrated by Bob C. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1980, pp. 116-117, no. 383.