Lot Essay
The poetic inscription alludes to the beauty of the lotus and the fragrance of blossoming chrysanthemum.
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1760-1850
Details
A CARVED WHITE JADE BOTTLE
1760-1850
Of flattened spherical form, carved in low relief with an egret in a lotus pond beneath a branch of blossoming chrysanthemums on one side, the reverse with a ten-character poetic inscription, the stone of even tone with pale greenish tinge, stopper
2½in. (6.5cm.) high
1760-1850
Of flattened spherical form, carved in low relief with an egret in a lotus pond beneath a branch of blossoming chrysanthemums on one side, the reverse with a ten-character poetic inscription, the stone of even tone with pale greenish tinge, stopper
2½in. (6.5cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 30 March 1996, lot 133.