Lot Essay
For two famous examples of chicken-bone jade from the Stevens and McReynolds Collections, see B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, nos. 365 and 382.
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1770-1840
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A CARVED 'CHICKEN BONE' JADE BOTTLE
1770-1840
Of flattened, rounded form, the mottled gray and beige stone carved in low relief with a pair of ducks, one in flight, the other wading, in the stream formed by the gray striation in the stone, the reverse with simple sprays of millet issuing from pierced rockwork, stopper
2 3/8in. (6.0cm.) high
1770-1840
Of flattened, rounded form, the mottled gray and beige stone carved in low relief with a pair of ducks, one in flight, the other wading, in the stream formed by the gray striation in the stone, the reverse with simple sprays of millet issuing from pierced rockwork, stopper
2 3/8in. (6.0cm.) high