1750-1850

Details

AN UNUSUAL JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1850
The bottle is of ovoid form and the beige stone is attractively mottled with green and mauve patches.
2 1⁄8 in. (5.4 cm.), pink tourmaline stopper

Provenance

Ko Family Collection.
The Ko Family Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Part IV; Christie's New York, 10 June 1974, lot 107.
Bob C. Stevens Collection.
Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Bob C. Stevens, Part I; Sotheby’s Honolulu, 7 November 1981, lot 118.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.

Literature

R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, p. 369, no. 166.

Exhibited

Tokyo, Mikimoto Hall, An Exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles From The Bob C. Stevens Collection, 22-31 October 1978, p. 73, color pl. 192.

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Lot Essay

In her book, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, p. 289, the author assigns this bottle the title "One of a Kind." The presence of three colors makes this bottle unique and it is noted for being very well hollowed.

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