A YELLOW AND BROWN SKIN JADE SNUFF BOTTLE

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A YELLOW AND BROWN SKIN JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
18TH/19TH CENTURY

Of rounded rectangular shape, the pale greenish stone carved in relief on one side with a panel comprising confronted dragons contesting a pearl, and on the other side through the thick skin to depict two scholars seated in a landscape below pine, a lion mask handle on each side, stopper

Lot Essay

Cf. similar treatment of yellow and brown skin on a bottle illustrated by Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, no. 46; and on two bottles illustrated by Stevens, op. cit., nos. 404 and 415. Cf. also the bottle from the Edward Choate O'Dell Collection, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 9

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