MONDAY 22 MARCH 1993
AT 5:30 P.M. PRECISELY
(LOTS 501-618)
SNUFF BOTTLES
THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
A JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE
Details
A JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE
19TH CENTURY
The translucent stone of oily texture and with some cloud inclusions, of predominantly pale apple-green stone carved through the russet skin on one side to depict flowering peony, and on the other through mottled skin to depict a phoenix perched on a branch, stopper
19TH CENTURY
The translucent stone of oily texture and with some cloud inclusions, of predominantly pale apple-green stone carved through the russet skin on one side to depict flowering peony, and on the other through mottled skin to depict a phoenix perched on a branch, stopper
Provenance
Eric Young, sold in London, 3 March 1987, lot 129
Bob C. Stevens, sold in New York, 25 June 1982, lot 150
Bob C. Stevens, sold in New York, 25 June 1982, lot 150
Literature
Illustrated as a favoured bottle by Stevens in his Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, no. 1015