Lot Essay
For another jade bottle carved as entwined fish see Chris Randall, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles, 1990, Catalogue, fig. 13
Details
A CELADON AND GRAY JADE BOTTLE
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Of rounded rectangular shape, carved in high relief with four fish including a carp, catfish, and two long-tailed fish, one with large eyes, variously rising or descending on the body and each cleverly cut from the different areas of color within the stone, stopper
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Of rounded rectangular shape, carved in high relief with four fish including a carp, catfish, and two long-tailed fish, one with large eyes, variously rising or descending on the body and each cleverly cut from the different areas of color within the stone, stopper
Provenance
Albert Pyke Collection, Los Angeles