A CARVED WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
1770-1850
The bottle is carved in the form of a cloth pouch tied with a ribbon that secures a chrysanthemum stem, and on one side with a monkey clambering after a bee.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.), high, stone stopper
A CARVED WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
1770-1850
The bottle is carved in the form of a cloth pouch tied with a ribbon that secures a chrysanthemum stem, and on one side with a monkey clambering after a bee.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.), high, stone stopper
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1993. Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3779.
This lot is offered without reserve.
专家说明
The depiction of a bee or wasp, feng, together with monkey, hou, is a rebus for fenghou, which may be translated as 'to confer with a title'.
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