Lot Essay
The poetic inscriptions concern the humble nature of the stone used to create this bottle.
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1820-1900
Details
AN INSCRIBED JADEITE BOTTLE
1820-1900
Of flattened, high-shouldered tapering form, incised on either side with a poetic inscription, the stone mottled with pale green and dark green inclusions, stopper
2 1/16in. (5.2cm.) high
1820-1900
Of flattened, high-shouldered tapering form, incised on either side with a poetic inscription, the stone mottled with pale green and dark green inclusions, stopper
2 1/16in. (5.2cm.) high
Provenance
Hilda Somers Collection, acquired prior to 1952.