A CALCIFIED JADE BOTTLE

Details

A CALCIFIED JADE BOTTLE
1800-1850

Of rounded shape, carved in low relief on one side with lily and on the other with orchid and divided by craggy rockwork, the stone attractively calcified with small dark wavy inclusions, small original flaw to one side
2 1/16in. (5.2cm.) high

Provenance

Alice B. McReynolds

Literature

Bob C. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, p. 115, no. 382
Peter Bozzo, "A Chinese Snuff Bottle Collector's Learning Dues", ICSBS Journal, December, 1981, p. 10, no. 14

Lot Essay

For a discussion of a similar bottle of calcified or 'chicken bone' jade see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, New York, 1993, p. 106, no. 47