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A RARE WHITE JADE TALLY BOTTLE
1850-1900
Carved in two pieces which together form a twin-necked, rounded, spade-shaped bottle, one half carved with a seven-petaled flowerhead in relief and the other with a recessed mirror-image flowerhead, snugly fitting together to form a single bottle, the neck of each half rising at an oblique angle to the body, the stone almost flawless and of good white color
2 5/16in. (5.8cm.) high, stoppers, box
1850-1900
Carved in two pieces which together form a twin-necked, rounded, spade-shaped bottle, one half carved with a seven-petaled flowerhead in relief and the other with a recessed mirror-image flowerhead, snugly fitting together to form a single bottle, the neck of each half rising at an oblique angle to the body, the stone almost flawless and of good white color
2 5/16in. (5.8cm.) high, stoppers, box