AN OLIVE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE

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AN OLIVE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1850

Of spade shape, one side incised and pigmented with a blossoming prunus branch, the reverse incised and pigmented with a 26-character inscription, including the characters Qianlong yuti pigmented red (small rim chip restored) - coral stopper

Lot Essay

A more slender off-white jade example is illustrated by Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles, A Miniature Art from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, Hong Kong, 1994, p. 80, no. 26.

(US$1,200-1,500)

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