Lot 48
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A WHITE JADE FLATTENED GOURD BOTTLE

Details
A WHITE JADE FLATTENED GOURD BOTTLE
19TH CENTURY

Carved in low relief in a continuous scene on the upper section with a four-clawed scaly dragon and on the lower section with a flying phoenix, stopper
Provenance
Albert Pyke Collection, Los Angeles

Lot Essay

For another white jade flattened gourd bottle carved with a dragon see Chinese Snuff Bottles, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 15 Oct-26 Nov, 1977, Catalogue, fig. 146. For an example carved with bamboo and brocade see Hugh M. Moss, Snuff Bottles of China, pp. 70-71, pl. 71, no. 29