A FINELY CARVED 'CHICKEN BONE' JADE BOTTLE
A FINELY CARVED 'CHICKEN BONE' JADE BOTTLE

1740-1820

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A FINELY CARVED 'CHICKEN BONE' JADE BOTTLE
1740-1820
Of flattened, high-shouldered tapering form, finely carved with a spray of peony on one side, the reverse with an inscription in seal script reading Ren jian di yi chun (First spring on Earth), the stone of mottled gray and beige color with a network of darker veining, stopper
1 15/16in. (5cm.) high
Provenance
Edmund F. Dwyer Collection.
Christie's, London, 12 October 1987, lot 229.

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