A RARE SMALL MOSS-GREEN AND PALE GRAYISH-WHITE JADEITE BOTTLE

1800-1860

Details

A RARE SMALL MOSS-GREEN AND PALE GRAYISH-WHITE JADEITE BOTTLE
1800-1860
Of rounded cylindrical form with slightly flared neck and tall, slightly concave foot, the grayish-white mottled stone with feathery dark bluish-green inclusions, the effect suggestive of a misty mountain landscape, stopper
2¼in. (5.9cm.) high

Provenance

Hugh M. Moss Ltd., London.

Lot Essay

Compare a nearly identical bottle in the collection of Mary and George Bloch illustrated in H. Moss, V. Graham, K.B. Tseng, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Hong Kong, 1995, vol. I, Jade, p. 448, no. 176.

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