Lot Essay
For a similar, though undecorated, jasper bottle, see Sotheby's, New York, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Janos Szekeres, Part I, October 27, 1986, lot 180
Details
A SMALL AND FINE CARVED JASPER BOTTLE
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Of rounded shape, cleverly carved in extremely low and fine relief with a bat holding a peach spray from an iron-brown inclusion above another cut from the otherwise rich olive-green stone with some inclusions to the reverse--1¾in. (4.5cm.) high, stopper
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Of rounded shape, cleverly carved in extremely low and fine relief with a bat holding a peach spray from an iron-brown inclusion above another cut from the otherwise rich olive-green stone with some inclusions to the reverse--1¾in. (4.5cm.) high, stopper