A RARE AND FINE CARVED YELLOWISH-GREEN AND RUSSET JADE BOTTLE
A RARE AND FINE CARVED YELLOWISH-GREEN AND RUSSET JADE BOTTLE

MASTER OF THE ROCKS SCHOOL, 1740-1840

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A RARE AND FINE CARVED YELLOWISH-GREEN AND RUSSET JADE BOTTLE
Master of the Rocks School, 1740-1840
Of rounded square shape, superbly carved through the coffee-brown skin extending around the bottle with a continuous scene of Shoulao, the God of Longevity, being offered a peach by a monkey on one side, the reverse with a cloud-enshrouded mountain pavilion, a maple tree and another tree, stopper
2 3/16in. (5.6cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, Los Angeles, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Alice B. McReynolds, Part I, 31 October 1993, lot 151.
Exhibited
Chinese Snuff Bottles, Taipei Gallery, New York, October 1993.

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