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1820-1880
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A SPINACH-GREEN JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
1820-1880
The bottle of pear form is carved from stone suffused with opaque green and black mottling throughout. One side is delicately incised and gilded with a poem by Jia Dao (AD 799-843) reading: "Under the pines I ask the boy. He says 'My Master's gone to gather herbs. I only know he's on this mountain. But the clouds are too deep to know where."
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) high, glass stopper
1820-1880
The bottle of pear form is carved from stone suffused with opaque green and black mottling throughout. One side is delicately incised and gilded with a poem by Jia Dao (AD 799-843) reading: "Under the pines I ask the boy. He says 'My Master's gone to gather herbs. I only know he's on this mountain. But the clouds are too deep to know where."
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Vanessa F. Holden Collection, New York, 1997.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2543.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2543.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.