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QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
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A WHITE AND GREY JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The snuff bottle is carved in low relief with a scene to each flattened side, on one depicting a figure leading a horse in a grotto below a pine tree, and the other with a scholar holding a brush painting a dragon amongst clouds. The stone is of a pale white tone with grey veins.
2 1/2 in. (6.5 cm.) high, coral stopper, box
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The snuff bottle is carved in low relief with a scene to each flattened side, on one depicting a figure leading a horse in a grotto below a pine tree, and the other with a scholar holding a brush painting a dragon amongst clouds. The stone is of a pale white tone with grey veins.
2 1/2 in. (6.5 cm.) high, coral stopper, box
Provenance
The Edward Choate O’Dell Collection
Literature
Newsletter of the Chinese Snuff Bottle Society of America, December 1972, p. 19, no. 16
John Gilmore Ford, Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Edward Choate O’Dell Collection, Baltimore, 1982, no. 7
John Gilmore Ford, Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Edward Choate O’Dell Collection, Baltimore, 1982, no. 7
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