Lot 103
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AN UNUSUAL WHITE JADE 'BEAR' BOTTLE 1770-1850

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AN UNUSUAL WHITE JADE 'BEAR' BOTTLE 1770-1850

Of flattened pear shape, the bear seated in a hunched position with its chin tucked into its chest and the four feet forming the base, small areas of fur neatly delineated on the tail, legs, face and ears, the stone mostly white with clever use of a pale area through the center of the stone 1 7/8in. (4.7cm.) high, stopper

Lot Essay

For a very similar jade carving of a seated bear and a discussion of such exquisite miniature sculpture see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, vol. I, New York, 1993, p. 34, no. 1 and also an amber example similarly carved, ibid., p. 488, no. 288