Lot Essay
The four-character inscription reads Yu Chu Kungang, which can be read as 'Jade from Kungang' (Kunlun Mountains). The seal Zigang is apocryphal after the famous Ming carver.
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AN EMERALD-GREEN-FLECKED JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE
Of rounded shape with short waisted neck and spreading foot, carved in high relief to one side, cleverly using the emerald inclusion, with one large ascending chilong and another smaller descending chilong, the reverse carved in low relief with a four-character inscription and the seal Zigang within a peach-shaped cartouche, with chilong handles to the narrow sides
2.1/8in. (5.5cm.) high, stopper
Of rounded shape with short waisted neck and spreading foot, carved in high relief to one side, cleverly using the emerald inclusion, with one large ascending chilong and another smaller descending chilong, the reverse carved in low relief with a four-character inscription and the seal Zigang within a peach-shaped cartouche, with chilong handles to the narrow sides
2.1/8in. (5.5cm.) high, stopper