λ FIVE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES IN JADE AND HARDSTONE

λ FIVE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES IN JADE AND HARDSTONE
QING DYNASTY

9.5cm max. (5)

The corn-shaped bottle with a copy of an invoice for The Little Shop, dated 1963.

Four in pale celadon jade, one carved in relief as a corn cob, another carved with bats amongst stylised clouds, a third carved with a crane flying above a rocky landscape, the fourth carved with a stylised chilong, the fifth in a mottled brown hardstone.

From an English private collection, the corn-shaped bottle with a copy of an invoice for The Little Shop, dated 18th June 1963.