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(US$5,000-8,000)
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A RETICULATED WHITE JADE CYLINDRICAL PARFUMIER WITH IVORY STOPPERS
18TH CENTURY
Intricately carved and pierced around the body with sinuous qilin amidst scrolling foliage between key-fret bands, with silver mounts and plain ivory stoppers at either end, the translucent pale celadon stone with an even soft sheen, areas of russet streaks and opaque inclusion
7 1/8 in. ((18 cm.) long
18TH CENTURY
Intricately carved and pierced around the body with sinuous qilin amidst scrolling foliage between key-fret bands, with silver mounts and plain ivory stoppers at either end, the translucent pale celadon stone with an even soft sheen, areas of russet streaks and opaque inclusion
7 1/8 in. ((18 cm.) long