Lot Essay
For an undecorated yellow jade bottle of cylindrical shape see Christie's, The Reif Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, October 18, 1993, lot 69
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A YELLOW JADE BOTTLE
18TH CENTURY
Of flattened oviform shape, lightly incised with a bird on a gnarled tree branch on one side, a kingfisher on a pendent floral tree spray on the other, the foot shallowly cut, the neck with wide aperture, the stone of fairly even tone with minor dark inclusions, stopper
18TH CENTURY
Of flattened oviform shape, lightly incised with a bird on a gnarled tree branch on one side, a kingfisher on a pendent floral tree spray on the other, the foot shallowly cut, the neck with wide aperture, the stone of fairly even tone with minor dark inclusions, stopper