Details
A JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE, 19TH CENTURY
of vibrant green tone with patches of white tone, and of flattened form, carved to the exterior as a woven willow basket, tourmaline stopper ; a white jade vase and cover of gourd form tapering to the cover, a sinuous dragon carved in relief to the side of the body, 19th Century; and a further white jade snuff bottle of square sectioned form, carved in relief each with two lines of archaic calligraphy, 19th Century, with stopper -- the first, 2 1/8in. (5.5cm.) high. (3)
of vibrant green tone with patches of white tone, and of flattened form, carved to the exterior as a woven willow basket, tourmaline stopper ; a white jade vase and cover of gourd form tapering to the cover, a sinuous dragon carved in relief to the side of the body, 19th Century; and a further white jade snuff bottle of square sectioned form, carved in relief each with two lines of archaic calligraphy, 19th Century, with stopper -- the first, 2 1/8in. (5.5cm.) high. (3)
Provenance
S. Howard Hansford, Jade - Essence of Hills and Streams, Johannesburg, 1969, no.s, F10, F13, F15, p. 195-197.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium
Sale room notice
Please note the stopper of the squared section white jade snuff bottle has been repaired.
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