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PROBABLY IMPERIAL, QING DYNASTY, 1770-1850
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A CARVED JADEITE ‘NINE DRAGONS’ SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, QING DYNASTY, 1770-1850
The bottle is carved in low relief with a continuous design of nine sinuous intertwined chi dragons, the stone of translucent apple green tone with paler inclusions. Together with a jadeite snuff dish.
Bottle: 2 in. (5.1 cm.) high, ruby stopper;
Dish: 2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) diam. (2)
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, QING DYNASTY, 1770-1850
The bottle is carved in low relief with a continuous design of nine sinuous intertwined chi dragons, the stone of translucent apple green tone with paler inclusions. Together with a jadeite snuff dish.
Bottle: 2 in. (5.1 cm.) high, ruby stopper;
Dish: 2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
Bottle: George Horan Ltd., London, 1976
Collection of Professor R. W Jackson, 1978
The Ricardi Collection, London
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 May 2009, lot 1924
Dish: The Crane Collection, before April 2005
Collection of Professor R. W Jackson, 1978
The Ricardi Collection, London
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 May 2009, lot 1924
Dish: The Crane Collection, before April 2005
Literature
Bottle: Hugh Moss and Stuart Sargent, The Water Pine and Stone Retreat Collection of Snuff Bottles. Part One. Imperial Influence over the Snuff Bottle Arts, Hong Kong, 2017, no. 31.4.128
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