Lot 718
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A CARVED RUSSET AND WHITE JADE PEBBLE-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE
A CARVED RUSSET AND WHITE JADE PEBBLE-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE
A CARVED RUSSET AND WHITE JADE PEBBLE-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE
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A CARVED RUSSET AND WHITE JADE PEBBLE-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE

1760-1850

Details
A CARVED RUSSET AND WHITE JADE PEBBLE-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1850
One side is carved through the russet skin with a web of lingzhi fungus and a single bat, the reverse with a crab clutching a stalk of millet.
2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high, jadeite stopper
Provenance
Antique House, Inc., 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1687.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

The imagery depicted on this bottle of a bat and lingzhi convey a wish for blessings. It would have been an appropriate gift for a number of occasions including a birthday or marriage.

Compare to a similar pebble-form jade bottle from the Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Snuff Bottles: Part III, sold at Christie's New York, 14 September 2016, lot 405, also carved with crab and millet.

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