AN EMBELLISHED MOTTLED BLUISH-GREEN AND PALE GREYISH-WHITE JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE

BOTTLE, 1800-1900; EMBELLISHMENT, JAPANESE, TSUDA FAMILY, 1940-1960

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AN EMBELLISHED MOTTLED BLUISH-GREEN AND PALE GREYISH-WHITE JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE
BOTTLE, 1800-1900; EMBELLISHMENT, JAPANESE, TSUDA FAMILY, 1940-1960
The bottle of compressed, high-shouldered tapering form, decorated in lacquer and variegated soapstone with a continuous scene of a lady seated in a boat under a willow tree in a lotus pond, a crane in flight above, stopper
1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) high

Lot Essay

For a discussion of the various theories surrounding the Tsuda family of Kyoto, Japan, and for an agate bottle with embellishment attributed to the family, see H. Moss et al., The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle: The J & J Collection, New York, 1993, pp. 512-14, no. 302.

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