Lot Essay
Moss, Graham and Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff bottle vol. 1, discuss an earlier group of white jade animal form snuff bottles from the J & J Collection.
Details
A WHITE JADE FROG SNUFF BOTTLE
19TH CENTURY
The bottle well-hollowed and carved as a crouching frog, its eyes applied with two small jadeite beads, the stone of even pale tone with a tiny pale russet patch to the head, and a fine polish, stopper
1 3/4in. (4.5cm.) long, box
19TH CENTURY
The bottle well-hollowed and carved as a crouching frog, its eyes applied with two small jadeite beads, the stone of even pale tone with a tiny pale russet patch to the head, and a fine polish, stopper
1 3/4in. (4.5cm.) long, box
Exhibited
The Dayton Art Institute, 1989, no. 346