Lot 815
815
A RARE AND WELL-CARVED PALE GREY AND RUSSET JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE
A RARE AND WELL-CARVED PALE GREY AND RUSSET JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE
A RARE AND WELL-CARVED PALE GREY AND RUSSET JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE
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A RARE AND WELL-CARVED PALE GREY AND RUSSET JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE
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A RARE AND WELL-CARVED PALE GREY AND RUSSET JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE

1800-1900

Details
A RARE AND WELL-CARVED PALE GREY AND RUSSET JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE
1800-1900
Of compressed rounded form, the bottle is carved overall, including the top of the mouth and the base, in low relief with a cloud pattern, featuring bats on the sides and lingzhi sprays on the top of the mouth and base.
2 1⁄16 in. (5.2 cm.) high, malachite stopper
Provenance
Bob C. Stevens Collection, no. 376.
The Bob C. Stevens Collection of Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles, Part II; Sotheby’s New York, 26 March 1982, lot 161.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
Literature
B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, no. 376.
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 114-115, no. 44.

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Lot Essay


This bottle is particularly unusual in the manner in which the carver has continued the dense decorative scheme onto the top of the mouth and the base. The subject matter of five (wu) bats (fu) can be read as wufu, meaning a wish for five blessings. For a further discussion on this topic, see T. Bartholomew, Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 2006, p. 23.

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