Lot Essay
The depiction of a bee or wasp, feng, together with monkey, hou, is a rebus for fenghou, which may be translated as 'to confer with a title'.
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1770-1850
Details
A CARVED WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
1770-1850
The bottle is carved in the form of a cloth pouch tied with a ribbon that secures a chrysanthemum stem, and on one side with a monkey clambering after a bee.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.), high, stone stopper
1770-1850
The bottle is carved in the form of a cloth pouch tied with a ribbon that secures a chrysanthemum stem, and on one side with a monkey clambering after a bee.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.), high, stone stopper
Provenance
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1993.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3779.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3779.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.