A SMALL CELADON AND RUSSET JADE AUBERGINE BOTTLE

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A SMALL CELADON AND RUSSET JADE AUBERGINE BOTTLE
19TH CENTURY

Of rounded shape, carved with a leafy collar and utilising the russet inclusion to form a butterfly--1¾in. (4.5cm.) high, stopper

Lot Essay

For a very similar bottle, see Hugh M. Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles, Catalogue, London, 1970, p.11, pl.14. For a larger, though similar, type of jade bottle, also carved with a butterfly, see Christie's, New York, November 27, 1991, lot 122

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