A Celadon Jade Bottle

1770-1820

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A Celadon Jade Bottle
1770-1820
Of spade shape, with a waisted flaring neck and distinct waisted foot, a band of archaistic taotie masks below the shoulders flanking lion-mask fixed-ring handles to the narrow sides, stopper
26in. (6.3cm.) high

Lot Essay

For a jade bottle of similar shape, but with handles on the sloping shoulders, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, Hong Kong, 1993, vol. I, p. 55, no. 15, where the authors discuss a possible Imperial Workshop attribution

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