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PROBABLY SUZHOU, 1720-1790
Details
A SUPERB BLACK AND WHITE 'THUNDERSTORM' JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY SUZHOU, 1720-1790
Well hollowed and of flattened, rounded shape, with flat lip and concave foot, the stone with extremely attractive black and grey diagonal markings suggestive of thunderclouds and rain, and misty white areas suggestive of fog or water spray, glass stopper
2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm.) high, box
PROBABLY SUZHOU, 1720-1790
Well hollowed and of flattened, rounded shape, with flat lip and concave foot, the stone with extremely attractive black and grey diagonal markings suggestive of thunderclouds and rain, and misty white areas suggestive of fog or water spray, glass stopper
2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm.) high, box
Provenance
Joseph Baruch Silver Collection.
Clare Lawrence, London, 1992.
Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Holden Collection; Christie's, New York, 21 March 2000, lot 211.
Clare Lawrence, London, 1992.
Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Holden Collection; Christie's, New York, 21 March 2000, lot 211.
Literature
J. B. Silver, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Joseph Baruch Silver in Conjunction with the Exhibition at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1987, p. 30, col. pl. 51.
Rachelle R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World, Hong Kong, 1994, pp. 268-69, no. 116.
Rachelle R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World, Hong Kong, 1994, pp. 268-69, no. 116.
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