Lot Essay
This extremely well carved bottle seems to be a converted pendant.
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1730-1820
Details
A CARVED SPINACH-GREEN AND WHITE JADE BOTTLE
1730-1820
Of flattened ovoid form, well carved in high relief on one side from the spinach jade inclusion with the figure of Liu Hai tempting his three-legged toad with a string of cash, the white stone on the same side carved with a sinuous chilong with a spray of lingzhi in its mouth, the reverse plain, stopper
1 13/16in. (4.9cm.) high
1730-1820
Of flattened ovoid form, well carved in high relief on one side from the spinach jade inclusion with the figure of Liu Hai tempting his three-legged toad with a string of cash, the white stone on the same side carved with a sinuous chilong with a spray of lingzhi in its mouth, the reverse plain, stopper
1 13/16in. (4.9cm.) high
Provenance
Hilda Somers Collection, acquired prior to 1952.
Exhibited
Chinese Snuff Bottles, Taipei Gallery, New York, October 1993.